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dutifully

[doo-tuh-flee, dyoo-] / ˈdu tə fli, ˈdyu- /
ADVERB
justly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accurately correctly decently duly equally equitably honestly honorably impartially lawfully legally legitimately properly reasonably rightfully rightly
WEAK
befittingly beneficently benevolently benignly candidly charitably decorously duteously evenhandedly fitly fittingly frankly helpfully moderately nicely piously respectably righteously straightforwardly temperately tolerantly unreservedly uprightly virtuously well
Antonyms
STRONGEST
wrongly
WEAK
unfairly unjustly
ADVERB
obsequiously
Synonyms
STRONG
subserviently
WEAK
abjectly fawningly grovelingly ingratiatingly obediently slavishly sycophantically

Example Sentences

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Columnists Gustavo Arellano, Mark Z. Barabak and Anita Chabria took in all 120 minutes, absorbed every zinger — scripted and otherwise — and dutifully observed each parry and thrust.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

He reports dutifully from these pilgrimages and seems tempted to make a statement about the soul of America, but it never comes off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The assignment is defense, a role Smart has dutifully filled for his whole career.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

I asked, suddenly confronted with a wall of nine lasagnas, each dutifully dropped off by a loving member of her orbit.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026

Her spoon dipped dutifully into her dish of ice cream.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez