01 a. Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended.
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Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended.[R.]“The theory of the punctual existence of the soul.” — Krauth.
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Observant of nice points; punctilious; precise.“Punctual to tediousness in all that he relates.” — Bp. Burnet.“So much on punctual niceties they stand.” — C. Pitt.
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Appearing or done at, or adhering exactly to, a regular or an appointed time; precise; prompt; as, a punctual man; a punctual payment.“These sharp strokes [of a pendulum], with their inexorably steady intersections, so agree with our successive thoughts that they seem like the punctual stops counting off our very souls into the past.” — J. Martineau.