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

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

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

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 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)