duteous (redirected from duteousness)

du·te·ous  (dt-s, dy-)

adj.

Obedient or dutiful.

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[From duty.]

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dute·ous·ly adv.

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duteous

Adjective

Formal or archaic dutiful or obedient

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

duteous - willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife"; dutiful obedient - dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke