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dutifully

adv

Etymology

From dutiful + -ly.

  1. inherited from -te
  2. derived from dewe
  3. derived from duete
  4. suffixed as dutiful — “duty + ful”
  5. suffixed as dutifully — “dutiful + ly”

Definitions

  1. With a regard to duty

    With a regard to duty; in a dutiful manner.

    • Ives, who is better known for sliminess than courage, approached Samson who was dutifully attending his feudal lord Grouty as usual[…]
    • But most Israeli mechanics say "breaks," with the "r" sound dutifully transformed from the American dog-barking noise to an upscale Frenchlike trill.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA