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dutifuldu‧ti‧ful /ˈdjuːtɪfəl $ ˈduː-/ adjective - All my life I have been an obedient, dutiful daughter.
- She rejected the traditional female roles of docile daughter and dutiful wife.
- Tom Campbell has been a loyal and dutiful employee of this firm for 25 years.
- But the dutiful reader will emerge with an impressively thorough account.
- His wife, dutiful as ever, did as he bade.
- It is Ego which drives us to be dutiful and fulfil false obligations.
- Miss Fergusson, however, remained her dutiful and efficient self.
- Otherwise, it was life as usual, and I was being a dutiful daughter and a good sister.
- The authoritarian parent or dutiful child attitudes that so often characterized these relationships in previous generations are thankfully on the way out.
- Two pairs of hands were missing from the dutiful applause that greeted his speech.
always doing what you are told to do► obedient someone who is obedient always does what their parents, teachers, or people in authority tell them to do - use this especially about children: · Bruno was a quiet and obedient little boy.· Research shows that pupils who are good at maths tend to be more conformist and obedient than other pupils. obedient to: · The majority of people were obedient to the King, not questioning his government. ► obedience obedient behaviour: obedience to: · Young children are expected to show obedience to their parents.absolute/complete/total obedience: · The General demanded absolute obedience from his men. ► law-abiding always obeying the law because you think this is the right thing to do: · These men are all decent, tax-paying, law-abiding people.· There is a tendency to look back at a time when people were more peaceful and law-abiding. ► dutiful always doing what you are expected to do and always behaving in a loyal and obedient way: · Tom Campbell has been a loyal and dutiful employee of this firm for 25 years.· She rejected the traditional female roles of docile daughter and dutiful wife. ► disciplined a group of people that is disciplined has developed obedience or has been trained to be obedient: · They are a well-trained, disciplined and efficient fighting force.well-disciplined: · The workforce is well-disciplined and eager to work. NOUN► wife· It indicates her willingness to be the dutiful wife yet refusal to be seen as part of a united couple.· These dutiful wives will stoke their boilers, fill their tanks to keep them running. doing what you are expected to do and behaving in a loyal and obedient way: a dutiful son Dutiful applause greeted his speech. |