duteously
Example Sentences
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As Antonio was duteously pacing by the side of his instructor, he would often catch a glimpse of the daughter, walking pensively about the alleys in the soft twilight.
From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Washington Irving
"Then you shall take it there," answered the governess of the feast; and Mr. Arbuton duteously set off with the bottle in his hand.
From A Chance Acquaintance by William Dean Howells
Is not this firmament of air part of the human heritage, Which man must conquer duteously, as first his Maker willed?
From My Life as an Author by Martin Farquhar Tupper
The fool Was I; who should have been thy friend, thy tool; Gone wooing with thee, stood at thy bed-side Serving, and welcomed duteously thy bride.
From Medea of Euripedes by Euripedes
In the romance of Sir Amadas, the ghost of a merchant, whose corpse the knight had duteously redeemed from the hands of creditors, succours him at need.
From The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance by Edith Birkhead
