as in respectful
marked by or showing proper regard for another's higher status
the family showed a dutiful deference to their minister when he came to dinner
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The Thursday, March 13 episode of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter saw the dutiful dad visiting an attorney's office to find out the legal options for having his wife, Kristina Shirley, adopt his 16-year-old daughter, Leah.
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Angela Andaloro, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Carrigan plays the dutiful, largely silent family servant in the movie.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2025
Millions of dutiful, hardworking Americans are arbitrarily losing their careers (some are getting them back, some are losing them again), leaving the rest of us frighteningly less secure on countless levels.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Mitsuko, 88 years old, was among the generation who saw nationalism change from being the dutiful way of life in Japan to something that should be questioned.
—Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025
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Angela Andaloro, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Carrigan plays the dutiful, largely silent family servant in the movie.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2025
Millions of dutiful, hardworking Americans are arbitrarily losing their careers (some are getting them back, some are losing them again), leaving the rest of us frighteningly less secure on countless levels.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Mitsuko, 88 years old, was among the generation who saw nationalism change from being the dutiful way of life in Japan to something that should be questioned.
—Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dutiful
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“Dutiful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dutiful. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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