Punctual /(?)/

Punc·tu·al

Punctual

a.
  1. Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended. [R.]
    The theory of the punctual existence of the soul.
    — Krauth.
  2. Observant of nice points; punctilious; precise.
    Punctual to tediousness in all that he relates.
    So much on punctual niceties they stand.
    — C. Pitt.
  3. 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.