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

All promise is poor dilatory man, And that through every stage: when young, indeed, In full content we, sometimes, nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves; and only wish, As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward

"Mustn't rush things," he'd told himself, as if those three days had been three years' duteous service of a knight of old.

From The Disturbing Charm by Ruck, Berta

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

Fearless, unfear'd, her husband caress'd his duteous bride.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown