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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DUTIFUL, a.
1. Performing the duties or obligations required by law, justice or propriety; obedient; submissive to natural or legal superiors; respectful; as a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject.
2. Expressive of respect or a sense of duty; respectful; reverential; required by duty; as dutiful reverence; dutiful attentions.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife"; [syn: dutiful, duteous]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1552 1. filled with or motivated by a sense of duty <a dutiful child> 2. proceeding from or expressive of a sense of duty <a dutiful effort> • dutifully adverb • dutifulness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. doing or observant of one's duty; obedient. Derivatives: dutifully adv. dutifulness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dutiful Du"ti*ful, a. 1. 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. 2. Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection. Syn: Duteous; obedient; reverent; reverential; submissive; docile; respectful; compliant. -- Du"ti*ful*ly, adv. -- Du"ti*ful*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you say that someone is dutiful, you mean that they do everything that they are expected to do. The days of the dutiful wife, who sacrifices her career for her husband, are over. ADJ • dutifully The inspector dutifully recorded the date in a large red book. ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Obedient, submissive, duteous. 2. Reverential, respectful, deferential.

Moby Thesaurus

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