punctuality
/ˌpʌŋkt͡ʃuˈæləti/ noun B2- The state of being punctual
Plural punctualities
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On Tuesday there was a large party assembled at Longbourn; and the two who were most anxiously expected, to the credit of their punctuality as sportsmen, were in very good time.
Morrel, and I shall say that he is a man honorable to the last degree, and who has up to this time fulfilled every engagement with scrupulous punctuality.
The house of Thomson & French had 300,000 or 400,000 francs to pay this month in France; and, knowing your strict punctuality, have collected all the bills bearing your signature, and charged me as they became due to present them, and to employ the money otherwise.”
“But as a man of honor should answer another, tell me fairly, shall you pay these with the same punctuality?”
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