punctuality
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NounEdit
punctuality (usually uncountable, plural punctualities)
- The state of being punctual
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, page 23:
- You were punctual to your appointment: punctuality is the first of virtues, and a sign of pretty behaviour in a young man. I foresee that you will succeed!
SynonymsEdit
- timeliness, promptness; see also Thesaurus:punctuality
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TranslationsEdit
state of being punctual
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Further readingEdit
- punctuality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- punctuality in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911