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dutifully

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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.
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Adv.1.dutifully - out of a sense of duty; in a dutiful manner; "he dutifully visited his mother every Sunday"


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A promise of secrecy was of course very dutifully given, but it could not be kept without difficulty; for the curiosity excited by his long absence burst forth in such very direct questions on his return as required some ingenuity to evade, and he was at the same time exercising great self-denial, for he was longing to publish his prosperous love.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context
In his first letter which came soon after he had left home, Prince Andrew had dutifully asked his father's forgiveness for what he had allowed himself to say and begged to be restored to his favor.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Meantime, I searched, with great interest, the advertising columns of the newspapers, and wrote answers to every 'Wanted a Governess' that appeared at all eligible; but all my letters, as well as the replies, when I got any, were dutifully shown to my mother; and she, to my chagrin, made me reject the situations one after another: these were low people, these were too exacting in their demands, and these too niggardly in their remuneration.
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