duteous
adjective
dutiful; obedient.
duteously
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a word derived from
duteous.
Example Sentences
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Thus encouraged, Mrs. Covil dropped into a chair, seeming not loath to tell those things she had, while Nancy leaned back and listened duteously for a perfunctory ten minutes.
From The Seeker by Harry Leon Wilson
As Antonio was duteously pacing by the side of his instructor, he would often catch a glimpse of the daughter, walking pensively about the alleys in the soft twilight.
From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Washington Irving
And his brothers and his kinsmen duteously his hest obey, With each parting guest and monarch journey on the home ward way.
From Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse by Romesh Dutt
"Then you shall take it there," answered the governess of the feast; and Mr. Arbuton duteously set off with the bottle in his hand.
From A Chance Acquaintance by William Dean Howells
In the romance of Sir Amadas, the ghost of a merchant, whose corpse the knight had duteously redeemed from the hands of creditors, succours him at need.
From The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance by Edith Birkhead
