'Dutifully' definitions:
Definition of 'dutifully'
From: WordNet
adverb
Out of a sense of duty; in a dutiful manner; "he dutifully visited his mother every Sunday"
Definition of 'Dutifully'
From: GCIDE
- Dutiful \Du"ti*ful\, a.
- 1. Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection.
- Syn: Duteous; obedient; reverent; reverential; submissive; docile; respectful; compliant. -- {Du"ti*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Du"ti*ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Dutifully'
- Dutied,
- Duties,
- Dutiful,
- Dutifulness,
- Duty,
- On duty,
- off duty,
- Differential duties,
- Fatigue duty,
- Guard duty,
- Legacy duty,
- Mail and duties,
- Probate duty,
- Specific duty,
- Stamp duty,
- Succession duty,
- Transit duty,
- breach of duty,
- civic duty,
- countervailing duty,
- customs duty,
- death duty,
- duty assignment,
- duty period,
- duty tour,
- export duty,
- fiduciary duty,
- filial duty,
- import duty,
- jury duty,
- legal duty,
- line of duty,
- neglect of duty,
- point duty,
- sense of duty,
- sentry duty,
- shipboard duty,
- shore duty,
- tonnage duty,
- tour of duty,
- Ad valorem duty,
- To pay one's duty,
- duty-bound,
- duty-free,
- heavy-duty,
- light-duty,
- sea-duty,
- anti-dumping duty