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dutiful

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du·ti·ful  (dt-fl, dy-)
adj.
1. Careful to fulfill obligations.
2. Expressing or filled with a sense of obligation.

duti·ful·ly adv.
duti·ful·ness n.

dutiful [ˈdjuːtɪfʊl]
adj
1. exhibiting or having a sense of duty
2. characterized by or resulting from a sense of duty a dutiful answer
dutifully  adv
dutifulness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.dutiful - willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife";
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

dutiful
Translations
dutiful [ˈdjuːtɪfʊl] ADJ [child] → obediente; [husband] → sumiso; [employee] → cumplido
dutiful [ˈdjuːtifʊl] adj
[child] → obéissant(e)
[husband, wife] → plein(e) d'égards, prévenant(e)
[employee] → consciencieux/euse
dutiful
adj childgehorsam; husband, employeepflichtbewusst; a dutiful visitein Pflichtbesuch m; your dutiful son (old, form, in letters) → Dein treuer Sohn (old, form); with a dutiful nodmit einem gehorsamen Nicken
dutiful [ˈdjuːtɪfʊl] adj (child) → rispettoso/a; (husband) → premuroso/a; (employee) → coscienzioso/a
dutiful [ˈdjuːtɪfʊl] adj (child) → rispettoso/a; (husband) → premuroso/a; (employee) → coscienzioso/a


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Queen Aphrodite, Born of the sea, Beautiful dutiful daughters Are we!
A few days after he brought the writings of gift, and the scrivener with them, and I signed them very freely, and delivered them to him with a hundred kisses; for sure nothing ever passed between a mother and a tender, dutiful child with more affection.
Sewall, as we must now call her--did as she was bid, like a dutiful child, without any question of the why and wherefore.
 
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