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单词 dutiful
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dutifuladj.

/ˈdjuːtɪfʊl/
Etymology: < duty n. + -ful suffix.
1. Full of ‘duty’, i.e. that which is due to a superior; rendering the services, attention, and regard that are due.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [adjective]
lawfulc1430
dutiful1552
duteous1594
pious1614
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dutifull or dewtifull, officiosus.
1590 J. Smythe in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 57 With all duetifull respect unto your Lordship.
1704 J. Trapp Abra-Mule ii. i. 401 How can I pay dutiful Allegiance To him?
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xviii. 121 If words were duty, Clarissa Harlowe would be the dutifullest child breathing.
1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. viii. 511 Dutiful and loyal subjects of the King of Great Britain.
2. Relating to duty or obligation. Obsolete. rare.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > [adjective] > due or owed (of an obligation) > falling upon one as a duty
duec1390
incumbent1567
dutiful1588
behovable1596
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 177 Quhilk [cardinal] vertues ar also called official or dewetifull, for that of thame proceids al kynd of offices and dewties.
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