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

Katharine maintained a duteous silence; the Lady Mary stood with her hands clasped before her.

From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford, Ford Madox

She burst out into a fit of laughter at my duteous principles.

From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana

Her maids around her moved, a duteous band!

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

Mild, passive, duteous, and innocent: I may lead my life just as I please; and she, dear creature! will have no idea but that I am a very good husband!

From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana