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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dutiful \Du"ti*ful\, a. 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. Syn: Duteous; obedient; reverent; reverential; submissive; docile; respectful; compliant. -- {Du"ti*ful*ly}, adv -- {Du"ti*ful*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dutiful adj : willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife"; [syn: {duteous}]
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