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
Wallmoden narrated this with the same cold contempt which he had shown to Hartmut, and the same horror and aversion were pictured in the face of his sister--that strictly duteous and moral lady.
From The Sign of Flame by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
Then first was known The rigorous Sonnet, to be fram'd alone By duteous Bards, or by just Taste admir'd.—
From Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace by Anna Seward
Her joyful parents now At Brahmá's feet in duteous reverence bow.
From The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa by Kalidasa
A duteous bird the while, high perched above, Utters the tremulous notes of tender love.
From Essays by Arthur Christopher Benson
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