dutiful Definition
du·ti·ful (do̵̅o̅t′i fəl, dyo̵̅o̅t′-)
adjective
- showing, or resulting from, a sense of duty
- having a proper sense of duty; obedient
dutiful Related Forms
du′·ti·fully adverb
du′·ti·ful·ness noun
dutiful Synonyms
dutiful Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- wife: At first she played her role as a dutiful wife, but then her husband admitted that he had a male lover.
- daughter: I was a dutiful daughter on the whole, wasn't I?
- son: The dutiful son laughed his mother's correspondence to scorn.
- child: At times he feels he is letting his parents down: a dutiful child should remember being cared for from the first.
- husband: During the week he is the dutiful husband to his Indian born wife and loving father to his two children.
- epidemiologist: Watch out for dutiful epidemiologists proving that it causes every known ill of mankind, as do tobacco and alcohol.
Modifying Another Word
Browse dictionary entries near dutiful
- ‹ dutiable
- ‹ duteous
- ‹ Dutchman's-pipe
- ‹ Dutchman's-breeches
- ‹ Dutchman
- ‹ Dutch uncle
- ‹ Dutch treat
- ‹ Dutch oven
- ‹ Dutch New Guinea
- ‹ Dutch metal
- duty ›
- duty cycle ›
- duty-free ›
- duumvir ›
- duumvirate ›
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- duvet ›
- duvetyn ›
- duxelles ›
- DV ›

