duteous

[doo-tee-uh s, dyoo-]

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adjective

dutiful; obedient.

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Origin of duteous

First recorded in 1585–95; duty + -ous

Related forms

du·te·ous·ly, adverbdu·te·ous·ness, nounun·du·te·ous, adjectiveun·du·te·ous·ly, adverb

un·du·te·ous·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for duteous

My uncle and I, his rightful and duteous heir, offer the King devoted homage and unswerving fealty.
The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete|Madame La Marquise De Montespan
What I did was in oblivion of self; was from a duteous regard to his genuine and lasting happiness.
Jane Talbot|Charles Brockden Brown
May God bless, as I now bless, the duteous son, who was the last to leave his mother.
Captain Paul|Alexandre Dumas, Pere
Ever from infancy (save in that frantic passion for which I now despise myself), I have obeyed you, I trust, as a duteous son.
My Novel, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Both females and males, healed by my lays, to the Poet ere long will you be fulfilling your duteous vows.
Remedia A Moris or, The Remedy Of Love|Ovid

British Dictionary definitions for duteous

duteous

adjective

formal, or archaic dutiful; obedient

Derived Formsduteously, adverbduteousness, noun

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duteous

adjective

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duteous

adjective