duteous

adjective

Definition of duteousnext
as in dutiful

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Recent Examples of duteous Lord John and Claire check up on Henry (Harry Jarvis), who is doing very well, thanks to Mercy’s (Gloria Obianyo) duteous care. — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024 The administrator in him favors the long view; the duteous building of a team over the course of years. — John Altavilla, courant.com, 12 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duteous
  1. dutiful
  2. amiable
  3. agreeable
  4. obedient
  5. acquiescent
  6. obliging
  7. docile
  8. submissive
Adjective
  • There would be the dutiful once-a-year visit from Rebecca and the child.
    — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Americans are accustomed to showing wide deference to senior military leaders, treating them as dutiful public servants rather than possible enablers of presidential lawlessness.
    — Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
Definition of dutiful
Adjective
  • For a second, Fauci almost seemed to laugh, and there was a glimpse of the public-health official who had charmed much of the country during the pandemic, with his air of amiable competence.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Matt Lucas and Marina Prior’s Thénardiers are boisterous and charming — more amiable sleazes than menacing scumbags, if that tracks.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 July 2026
Definition of amiable
Adjective
  • Large language models are trained to be helpful and agreeable.
    — Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • While 2022’s Trouble the Water embraced the jagged edges of Show Me the Body’s sludgy punk-metal sound, Alone Together is a sleek and streamlined album that includes their most agreeable songs yet.
    — Eli Enis, Pitchfork, 15 July 2026
Definition of agreeable
Adjective
  • The native, late summer-blooming obedient plant is a showy addition to your garden.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026
  • This fantasy of the obedient wife becomes Agamemnon’s undoing.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 July 2026
Definition of obedient
Adjective
  • Where Raphael’s infant Christ is plump, acquiescent, docile, Cassatt’s children squirm, resist, and ignore authority.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • That amendment had been made a dead letter by Jim Crow state legislatures and an acquiescent Supreme Court.
    — Robert D. Bland, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of acquiescent
Adjective
  • The weather is obliging, hanging on to a breezy 73 degrees with a light overcast.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • On a fickle morning in Miami—the kind where patches of sunshine give way to intervals of torrential rain—Learner Tien has taken shelter deep inside Hard Rock Stadium, the obliging home of the Dolphins, a Formula 1 Grand Prix, and, at the moment, the Miami Open.
    — Jake Nevins, Vogue, 25 June 2026
Definition of obliging
Adjective
  • Where Raphael’s infant Christ is plump, acquiescent, docile, Cassatt’s children squirm, resist, and ignore authority.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Even with docile scoring conditions that Saturday, Royal Birkdale yielded plenty of statistical superlatives for the championship.
    — Justin Ray, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Definition of docile
Adjective
  • The submissive Colin finds new confidence and enjoys doing assorted things for Ray, but complications arise when Colin begins to want something more emotional.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 June 2026
  • This is a strategy born not of manly strength, but of submissive desperation.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
Definition of submissive

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