duteous

[ doo-tee-uh s, dyoo- ]

/ ˈdu ti əs, ˈdyu- /

dutiful; obedient.

Origin of duteous

First recorded in 1585–95; duty + -ous

du·te·ous·ly, adverb du·te·ous·ness, noun un·du·te·ous, adjective un·du·te·ous·ly, adverb

un·du·te·ous·ness, noun

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

duteous

/ (ˈdjuːtɪəs) /

formal, or archaic dutiful; obedient

duteously, adverb duteousness, noun