Hypertext Webster Gateway: "duteous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Duteous \Du"te*ous\, a. [From {Duty}.]
1. Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a
superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed;
obedient; as, a duteous son or daughter.
2. Subservient; obsequious.
Duteous to the vices of thy mistress. --Shak.
-- {Du"te*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Du"te*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
duteous
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: {dutiful}]
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