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

Roman piety was the duteous care of one's relatives.

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe

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 Gilfillan, George

The heroines in Rob Roy and The Black Dwarf are duteous and devoted daughters, the one of an unfortunate, the other of an unworthy parent.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)