punctually

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English punctual

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English punctually

From punctual + -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

punctually (comparative more punctually, superlative most punctually)

1. In a punctual manner; on time.
2. (archaic) Precisely; exactly; minutely.
   • 1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, Books which Influenced Me:

     To understand that he is not punctually right, nor those from whom he differs absolutely wrong.

Synonyms

• (on time): on schedule, promptly, timely; see also Thesaurus:punctually
• (precisely, exactly, minutely): accurately, just, slap bang; see also Thesaurus:exactly

Translations

in a punctual manner

• Bulgarian: навреме (bg) (navreme)
• Catalan: puntualment (ca)
• Esperanto: akurate
• Finnish: täsmällisesti (fi)
• French: ponctuellement (fr)
• Galician: puntualmente (gl)
• Georgian: პუნქტუალურად (ṗunkṭualurad)
• Hungarian: pontosan (hu)
• Italian: puntualmente (it)
• Polish: punktualnie (pl)
• Portuguese: pontualmente
• Spanish: puntualmente (es)
• Ukrainian: пунктуа́льно (punktuálʹno)