Punctual, punctually.
1848. S’pose you never heard of burying a man on time!—Durivage and Burnham, ‘Stray Subjects,’ p. 30. (Italics in the original.)
1867. I am going to take this coach in to Carson City on time if it kills every one-horse judge in the State of California!—A. D. Richardson, ‘Beyond the Mississippi,’ p. 384.
1878. His wife had always been on time, and on duty, and it seemed to him like one of the immutable laws of nature that she should do so.—Mrs. Stowe, ‘Poganuc People,’ ch. xxiii.
1888. He made a capital wagon-master; he was obedient to his superiors, faithful, and on time every morning.—Mrs. Custer, ‘Tenting on the Plains,’ p. 359.
