PUNCTUALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does punctually mean? 

• PUNCTUALLY (adverb)
  The adverb PUNCTUALLY has 1 sense:

1. at the expected or proper time

  Familiarity information: PUNCTUALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUNCTUALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

At the expected or proper time

Synonyms:

on time; punctually

Context example:

she always arrives on time

 Context examples 

The day came, the party were punctually assembled, and Mr. John Knightley seemed early to devote himself to the business of being agreeable.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

By nine o'clock the next morning I was punctually opening the school; tranquil, settled, prepared for the steady duties of the day.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Milverton is a heavy sleeper, and retires punctually at ten-thirty.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“My dear Copperfield,” cried Traddles, punctually appearing at my door, in spite of all these obstacles, “how do you do?”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Mr. Collins returned most punctually on Monday fortnight, but his reception at Longbourn was not quite so gracious as it had been on his first introduction.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

She could not keep her appointment punctually, however; the weather was unfavourable, and she had grieved over the rain on her friends' account, and felt it very much on her own, before she was able to attempt the walk.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

The quarter of an hour brought her punctually to the white gate again; and Miss Smith receiving her summons, was with her without delay, and unattended by any alarming young man.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The upper teachers now punctually resumed their posts: but still, all seemed to wait.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Mrs. Gardiner's caution to Elizabeth was punctually and kindly given on the first favourable opportunity of speaking to her alone; after honestly telling her what she thought, she thus went on: You are too sensible a girl, Lizzy, to fall in love merely because you are warned against it; and, therefore, I am not afraid of speaking openly.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

This was felt to be a considerable amendment; and though they all met at the Great House at rather an early breakfast hour, and set off very punctually, it was so much past noon before the two carriages, Mr Musgrove's coach containing the four ladies, and Charles's curricle, in which he drove Captain Wentworth, were descending the long hill into Lyme, and entering upon the still steeper street of the town itself, that it was very evident they would not have more than time for looking about them, before the light and warmth of the day were gone.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)