duteously
- a word derived from duteous.
Example Sentences
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Here he is, wandering alone, waiting duteously on Nature, while she unfolds a page of stern, of silent, and of solemn poetry beneath his attentive gaze.
From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte
Is not this firmament of air part of the human heritage, Which man must conquer duteously, as first his Maker willed?
From My Life as an Author by Tupper, Martin Farquhar
The fool Was I; who should have been thy friend, thy tool; Gone wooing with thee, stood at thy bed-side Serving, and welcomed duteously thy bride.
From Medea of Euripedes by Euripedes
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 Irving, Washington
To please her he duteously obeyed Hemingway's fastidious instructions as to habiliments.
From The Purple Heights by Oemler, Marie Conway
