duteously

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Here he is, wandering alone, waiting duteously on Nature, while she unfolds a page of stern, of silent, and of solemn poetry beneath his attentive gaze.

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte

This likewise is duteously traced back by science to Grotius, although in this department also he stands on the shoulders of his predecessors.

From The Future of International Law by Oppenheim, L. (Lassa)

As Antonio was duteously pacing by the side of his instructor, he would often catch a glimpse of the daughter, walking pensively about the alleys in the soft twilight.

From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Irving, Washington

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

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