duteous

[ doo-tee-uhs, dyoo- ]

/ ˈdu ti əs, ˈdyu- /

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adjective

dutiful; obedient.

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Origin of duteous

First recorded in 1585–95; duty + -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM duteous

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

un·du·te·ous·ness, noun

Words nearby duteous

Dutch uncle, Dutch West India Company, Dutch West Indies, Dutch wife, Dutchwoman, duteous, dutiable, dutiful, dutifully, Dutton, duty

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How to use duteous in a sentence

Not against my great acharya is my wrathful bow-string drawn, Not against a lovéd father fights a loving duteous son!
Maha-bharata|Anonymous
The Nazarenes are not rebels; they are quiet, duteous folk, who ask but one thing: to be allowed to worship their God.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 2 of 2|Ernst Eckstein
Katharine maintained a duteous silence; the Lady Mary stood with her hands clasped before her.
The Fifth Queen|Ford Madox Ford
It was a slight thing, but Olive noticed it, and the loving daughter felt more kindly towards the duteous son.
Olive|Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)

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

/ (ˈdjuːtɪəs) /

adjective

formal, or archaic dutiful; obedient

Derived forms of duteous

duteously, adverbduteousness, noun

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