punctuational

English

Etymology

From punctuation +‎ -al.

Adjective

punctuational (comparative more punctuational, superlative most punctuational)

  1. Pertaining to punctuation. [from 19th c.]
  2. (biology) Pertaining to punctuationism; taking place very rapidly, especially within a single generation or in a series of rapid steps. [from 20th c.]
    • 2011, Chris Stringer, The Origin of Our Species, Penguin, published 2012, page 156:
      So how could such a critical thing as language evolve in humans, and was its evolution gradual or punctuational?
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