duteously

Example Sentences

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And his brothers and his kinsmen duteously his hest obey, With each parting guest and monarch journey on the home ward way.

From Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse by Dutt, Romesh

Many are ashamed of it even while duteously confessing it, and gabble over the sentences in their creed which acknowledge it in a very perfunctory manner.

From My Path to Atheism by Besant, Annie Wood

"Then you shall take it there," answered the governess of the feast; and Mr. Arbuton duteously set off with the bottle in his hand.

From A Chance Acquaintance by Howells, William Dean

Is not this firmament of air part of the human heritage, Which man must conquer duteously, as first his Maker willed?

From My Life as an Author by Tupper, Martin Farquhar

A dog also has duteously and humbly turned his back to the forbidden sight, and is crouched down with the most virtuous air you could imagine.

From Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It by Zwemer, Samuel Marinus