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.
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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
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
Adjective
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Barasch is clearly having a blast as the adorably dutiful Frederic, though he sometimes gets lost in the murky waters between operetta and musical theater.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
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Yet everything remains the same for Delia whose romantic fantasies have given way to an embrace of her roles as dutiful wife and loving mother despite the sneering condescension and outright physical abuse at the hands of her strutting petty tyrant husband Ivano (Valerio Mastandrea).—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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George Foreman, a heavyweight boxing champion who returned to the sport to regain his title at the improbable age of 45, and who parlayed his fame and his amiable personality into a multimillion-dollar grill business, died on Friday night in Houston.—
Victor Mather,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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Surrounded and protected by the lagoon that separates Argentario from the mainland, this amiable town feels like Madrid’s little Tuscan twin, with its sunny disposition, well developed café culture, and houses in every shade of ocher.—
Lee Marshall,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The treaty did not pretend to name mutually agreeable arbitrators, either.—
Tom Bell,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2025
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In this context, research uncovers an interesting trend: agreeable leaders are often perceived as more effective.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Where Chelsea’s domestic overseers have been largely acquiescent to their accounting ingenuity, the same can’t be said abroad.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Netanyahu appears convinced that his country’s security, along with his own political survival, depends on prolonging the military offensives and keeping both Gaza and Lebanon ungovernable, and therefore acquiescent.—
Mohanad Hage Ali,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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The obliging royalty would lift their hems and give the crowd a glimpse of their sneakers and cowboy boots.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
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It was perfectly weighted for an obliging Diaz, who gratefully tapped it in from just outside the six-yard box.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But the big attraction is Inti, a docile baby alpaca who sits next to the artisan, contentedly munching on leaves.—
Jennifer Kester,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Over time, this could have created a population of cats that were more docile and social than their wild ancestors.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Your value lies in being pretty, silent, submissive and unfailingly supportive of men.—
Marie Bostwick,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Trump was demanding deference from Zelenskyy to show his inferior and submissive position as a recipient of U.S. aid and military support.—
Shannon Bow O'Brien,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Duteous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duteous. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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