duteously
Example Sentences
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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
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
Thus encouraged, Mrs. Covil dropped into a chair, seeming not loath to tell those things she had, while Nancy leaned back and listened duteously for a perfunctory ten minutes.
From The Seeker by Wilson, Harry Leon
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)
"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
