duteous
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Exception 3.—Final y is sometimes changed into e: as, duty + ous = duteous; beauty + ous = beauteous.
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
"Mustn't rush things," he'd told himself, as if those three days had been three years' duteous service of a knight of old.
From The Disturbing Charm by Berta Ruck
Nine and twenty yeomen tall Waited duteous on them all.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
But the tale may not be vain, If haply it awake one duteous thought Of filial tenderness.
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by George Gilfillan
And Psyche, since had come no priestess there To trim the temple, in her pious care Forgat herself, and lent her duteous aid.
From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Robert Bridges
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