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

A duteous bird the while, high perched above, Utters the tremulous notes of tender love.

From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher

He spoke: high Jove assenting bow'd the head, And floating clouds of nectar'd fragrance shed: Then, lowly bending to th' Eternal Sire, Each in his duteous rank, the gods retire.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de

Her maids around her moved, a duteous band!

From The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir by Collins, William

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 Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)