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Meanings of dutiful in English

Willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect;

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Examples for "duteous"
Examples for "duteous"
1
Who has sinned more against those three duteous reticences than Jean Jacques?
Impressions of Theophrastus Such
2
He pressed the buzzer imperiously, and Betty responded with duteous haste.
The Sturdy Oak / A composite Novel of American Politics by fourt...
3
Never master had a page so kind, so duteous, diligent, true.
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
4
She was not a loving woman, not a duteous young wife, nor a reasoning creature.
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns
5
Think, thou duteous son, of my old father, Daunus.
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Usage of dutiful in English
1
Let them clear off without having to perform any dutiful morning niceties.
The Girls
2
He always went when invited, and was most dutiful in the counter-calls.
The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him
3
Morris made no answer; he was a very dutiful son and humble-spirited.
Stella Fregelius: A Tale of Three Destinies
4
They are her dutiful subjects like all the inhabitants of the Netherlands.
History of the United Netherlands, 1587b
5
She must have told her father about it, a dutiful Vietnamese daughter.
The good son: a novel
6
His devoted follower never falters in his dutiful imitation of his benefactor.
The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories
7
But the former supposition is impracticable, and therefore the latter is dutiful.
Notes on the Apocalypse
8
What started as a dutiful stint of couch-warming became a conscious pleasure.
The Irish Times
9
They are the most dutiful of children, and most affectionate of sisters.
The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7)
10
Was he a dutiful and respected army officer or a renegade mercenary?
Wired
11
It has proved to me that my children are loving and dutiful.
The Channings: A Story
12
To her, at least, I have not been deficient in dutiful observance.
Jane Talbot
13
The interpretation is, that brown eyes indicate a gentle and dutiful disposition.
The Life of the Fields
14
Lady Winslow and the princess visited Lady Kesseley's bedside like dutiful friends.
Rakes and radishes
15
Endeavours, in her usual dutiful manner, to defend their conduct towards her.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7
16
Of course the dutiful young man would not fail to do so.
The Expressman and the Detective
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Dutiful through the time
Dutiful across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common