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

First Malfred Queen saluted they,    In manner as became them duteous; And then they greeted Valborg may,    Of all the maiden band most beauteous.

From Axel Thordson and Fair Valborg a ballad by Borrow, George Henry

The watchman of the seas leaves not the coast, duteous in his lonely cares; while Beowulf, with his companions, marches onwards.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

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)

Nine and twenty yeomen tall Waited duteous on them all.

From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various