dutiful

[ doo-tuh-fuhl, dyoo- ]
/ ˈdu tə fəl, ˈdyu- /
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adjective

performing the duties expected or required of one; characterized by doing one's duty: a dutiful citizen; a dutiful child.
required by duty; proceeding from or expressive of a sense of duty: dutiful attention.

Origin of dutiful

First recorded in 1545–55; duty + -ful

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Words nearby dutiful

dutchman's-breeches, dutchman's-pipe, dutchwoman, duteous, dutiable, dutiful, dutton, duty, duty bound, duty officer, duty to retreat

Words related to undutiful

apostate, faithless, perfidious, recreant, subversive, treacherous, treasonous, two-faced, two-timing, unfaithful, untrue, wormlike, treasonable, unpatriotic, insubordinate, mutinous, traitorous, seditious, agnostic, atheistic

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British Dictionary definitions for undutiful

dutiful
/ (ˈdjuːtɪfʊl) /

adjective

exhibiting or having a sense of duty
characterized by or resulting from a sense of duty a dutiful answer

Derived forms of dutiful

dutifully, adverb dutifulness, noun