Adjective : punctual payment. From Dictionary.com.
I called punctually at eleven next morning, and was received with charming urbanity by Mr. Dacre himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont] Reference
Some find it best to name a certain hour, but then, if they are not called punctually, they feel the resolution broken, and they very likely lie on slothfully. From Wordnik.com. [Stray Thoughts for Girls] Reference
Here it comes just as the other train came, very punctually. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Every hour punctually, he made his rounds through the building. From Wordnik.com. [The Stutterer] Reference
On the 2d day of January punctually appeared the steamer Oregon. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Lovel arrived punctually on the afternoon appointed, for, in the. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
Giafer arrived at the palace punctually at the hour appointed by the. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Caliph] Reference
The preliminary bombardment of the enemy's lines commenced punctually at. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
One evening I had been delayed, and did not appear as punctually as usual. From Wordnik.com. [Lola or, The Thought and Speech of Animals] Reference
Chance will throw us much together; yet this law we will punctually observe. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
He had attended to his duties at the banking-house faithfully and punctually. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843] Reference
The emperor punctually executed all she desired, a little before his death, in 395. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
At whatever time he left the shop he had to be back there punctually at half past twelve. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
At sunset, Ray Vandyck presented himself punctually for further instructions, at Wardour. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
He must readily and punctually obey the orders of the engineers, foremen, and superintendent. From Wordnik.com. [Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction] Reference
Cars are coming in every minute punctually on time from all parts of the country and the world. From Wordnik.com. [The Dominion in 1983] Reference
How do London pigeons, for instance, tell the hour, and turn up punctually at the feeding-places?. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
'I breakfast at half-past eight punctually,' she said; 'so you will like to retire now, I expect.'. From Wordnik.com. [Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story] Reference
Bertie was duly called, and came down the next morning punctually enough, but somewhat weary and pale. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
Then the train will be complete, and we shall start punctually as possible with "Her Majesty's Mails.". From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Expiration of the Time entertained for, and to have every other Encouragement punctually compli'd with. From Wordnik.com. [The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts] Reference
She and Mrs. Sartin turned up punctually at Aston House, though laden with an air of desperate resolve. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
The secretary punctually performed his commission, and read the excommunication deliberately and distinctly. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
Yes, my young friend, your request shall be punctually complied with: I will take upon myself the preparations. From Wordnik.com. [Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father] Reference
Be assured we look upon them as sound and shall on our part punctually perform them as long as we remain a people. From Wordnik.com. [Wampum A Paper Presented to the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia] Reference
Anyhow, it seems, a good many people managed to miss the return train which "started punctually" at 1-30, arriving at. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Cambrian A Biography of a Railway] Reference
He renewed his oaths, and promised to give me punctually, for the time to come, a portion of milk, evening and morning. From Wordnik.com. [Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.] Reference
If the commune does not punctually obey the order to pay 650,000 francs all the goods which are available will be seized. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
He paid it punctually, and proceeded against the landlord for damages, or rather for the costs to which he had been exposed. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
Poland, Switzer, Crimchan and all, are within the compasse of one quadrangle walke most judiciously and punctually discovered. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
He punctually attended to his works of charity and, when -- in the country, accompanied that lady on her rounds, just as you do. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
In this location, the ulcer of the skin or a simple abscess, if not properly and punctually treated, may terminate into Fistula. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
It deserves the attention of clergymen, that though anciently the canonical hours were punctually observed in the divine office, SS. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
For six tremendous weeks I wrote, beginning punctually every morning at eight o'clock and pretty generally bringing the day's work to. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference
She should arrange her appointments so that she may make the best use of her time and energy, and she must keep appointments punctually. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance] Reference
In order to be there punctually he has to get up three days beforehand each morning, and have his breakfast over-night; but he does it. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 28, 1914] Reference
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