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Meaning of 'dutiful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dutiful [ a.]
- Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject.
- Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection.

Meaning of 'dutiful' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dutiful [ s]
Meaning (1):
- willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect
Example in sentence:
  • a dutiful child;
  • a dutiful citizen;
  • Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife

Nearby Words:

dutch dutchman dutchmen duteous dutiable dutied duties duty

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