dutiful
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- dutifull (archaic)
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Adjective
dutiful (comparative more dutiful, superlative most dutiful)
- Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.
- Ralph was a dutiful child, and took the trash out without being told.
- Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.
- The sergeant maintained a dutiful shine on his boots.
