duteous
Example Sentences
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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
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
Mild, passive, duteous, and innocent: I may lead my life just as I please; and she, dear creature! will have no idea but that I am a very good husband!
From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana
Had he known no change, my affections would have centered in him; that is, I should have passed through life a duteous and observant partner of his cares and pleasures.
From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana
She burst out into a fit of laughter at my duteous principles.
From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana
