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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Recent Examples of dutiful
The energy burst obliterated AL (into a sperm and egg that the dutiful cleaner robot swept up), while Fifteen as a Time Lord was able to absorb the part of the blast directed at Belinda.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 12 Apr. 2025
Director Hawes’ finished product, dutiful and impersonal, goes to geopolitical extremes to disregard any geopolitical realities.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
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
With numinous Neptune officially transiting your dutiful sixth house of health, work, routines and day-to-day affairs, your lifestyle is evolving.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 12 Apr. 2025
Director Hawes’ finished product, dutiful and impersonal, goes to geopolitical extremes to disregard any geopolitical realities.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
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
With numinous Neptune officially transiting your dutiful sixth house of health, work, routines and day-to-day affairs, your lifestyle is evolving.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dutiful
Adjective
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Jihan, 30, who worked in a farm supply store, had found those forces professional and respectful.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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When Black women have access to respectful, quality care before, during, and after pregnancy, their families and communities thrive.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Ptolemaic model depicted planets moving around Earth in a big circle, known as a deferent, then going around a smaller circle while retrograding, called an epicycle.—
Carlie Procell,
USA TODAY,
25 Nov. 2024
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The Ptolemaic model depicted planets moving around Earth in a big circle, known as a deferent, then going around a smaller circle while retrograding, called an epicycle.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2023
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“Dutiful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dutiful. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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