duteously

Example Sentences

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In the romance of Sir Amadas, the ghost of a merchant, whose corpse the knight had duteously redeemed from the hands of creditors, succours him at need.

From The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance by Birkhead, Edith

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

Prolix might he have been deemed, save by the flock he guided, Who duteously accounted him but a little lower than the angels.

From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Sigourney, Lydia Howard

Therefore Mr. Flint duteously appeared at intervals among the elect, and appeared even to advantage.

From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway

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