punctuality

From punctual + -ity.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pʌŋktjʊˈæləti/, /pʌŋtjʊˈæləti/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌpʌŋkt͡ʃuˈæləti/, [ˌpʌŋkt͡ʃuˈæləɾi], /ˌpʌŋt͡ʃuˈæləti/, [ˌpʌŋt͡ʃuˈæləɾi]

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punctuality (usually uncountable, plural punctualities)

1. The state of being punctual
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Alteration”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, 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!

• timeliness, promptness; see also Thesaurus:punctuality

• point
• punctilious
• punctual
• punctuate
• punctuation

• “punctuality”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “punctuality”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.