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dutiful

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dutiful.

Editorial note

We can mention here also Miller's Canticle For Liebowitz, with perennial novice Francis' inspired decades' dutiful inkish scrivening.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of dutiful gathered in one view.

adjective

Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.

adjective

Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dutiful.

adjective

Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.

adjective

Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.

Example sentences

1

We can mention here also Miller's Canticle For Liebowitz, with perennial novice Francis' inspired decades' dutiful inkish scrivening.

2

Later generations then look back with scorn at the dutiful law abiding folk who dramatically impeded progress.

3

Your kind do well in High School marching band, as E- ball-peen hammers in the motor-pool, and as dutiful shrapnel fodder.

4

It could be thought of as an indication that the employee in question is a dutiful little peon, which some bosses would probably like.

5

We can only thank the dutiful TSA officers for their brave service.

6

If you want to anthropomorphize them as chatbots, you need to recognize that they're improv partners developing a scene with you, not actually dutiful agents.

7

If this is true, we can assume the computers of all but the very most careful and dutiful admins have been pwned.

8

In the US you are completely on your own, and your insurance company is not your friend; no matter how dutiful you were in paying your premiums.

9

May FCC be the benevolent masters and we be their dutiful servants.

10

Women prefer uncaring[1], unpredictable[2] guys over dutiful housemates[3][4].

11

If women weren't brainwashed to (generally) serve men, strive to be skinny, pretty and dutiful, they'd soon realise women don't need the male half of the species to survive.

12

If you couldn't keep the people who read your correspondence, paperwork, and reports convinced that you were an intelligent (and dutiful, honorable, etc.) person - yeah.

Quote examples

1

It's like saying "humans just pick the next work to string together into a sentence, they're not actually dutiful agents".

2

So it doesn’t support “dutiful removal has made a big dent” as the main story.

3

So often we get nothing but shallow, misleading information, or a dutiful transcription of statements from "both sides".

4

The result of "largely eliminating" the flow of illegal aliens, along with dutiful removal of those in the interior, has made a big dent.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use dutiful in a sentence?

We can mention here also Miller's Canticle For Liebowitz, with perennial novice Francis' inspired decades' dutiful inkish scrivening.

What does dutiful mean?

Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.

What part of speech is dutiful?

dutiful is commonly used as adjective.