meaning of dutiful
1. Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject.
2. Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection.
3. willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous
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Related Words
dutiful | dutifully | dutifulness |
