单词	dutiful
释义	dutiful adjective du·​ti·​ful ˈdü-ti-fəl   also  ˈdyü- 1 : filled with or motivated by a sense of duty a dutiful child 2 : proceeding from or expressive of a sense of duty a dutiful effort dutifully ˈd(y)ü-ti-f(ə-)lē  adverb dutifulness ˈd(y)ü-ti-fəl-nəs  noun Synonyms deferent deferential regardful respectful See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the dutiful way he took care of his sick mother the family showed a dutiful deference to their minister when he came to dinner Recent Examples on the Web Lake has served as a dutiful mouthpiece for Trump's false claims of election fraud. Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 8 Aug. 2022 Scott McLaughlin was there as a dutiful Penske driver. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Aug. 2022 All the hallmarks were there: tender earnestness from Kiedis, dutiful drumming from Chad Smith, funky bass rhythms from Flea and soulful shredding from guitarist John Frusciante, who rejoined the band for the third time in 2019. San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2022 Who wants to be the dutiful, self-sacrificing first wife, anyway? Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 July 2022 Jane’s new talents don’t do much for the story and read as a dutiful nod to women’s empowerment (thanks). New York Times, 7 July 2022 Closing out the Tribeca Film Festival, the dutiful film charts the civil rights leader’s life from his early days as a teenage preacher up until his eulogy at George Floyd’s funeral in 2020. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2022 The styling combined dutiful obeisance to Franco Scaglione’s Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale with new elements like a face featuring bi-xenon headlamps. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 20 June 2022 In the patriarchal society, women are relegated to being dutiful, subservient wives or, for the fertile nonbelievers, enslaved people to the religious upper class with the sole purpose of bearing children for the man of the house. Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 24 May 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition dutiful adjective du·​ti·​ful ˈdü-ti-fəl  ˈdyü- : doing or showing the willingness to do what is expected or required a dutiful child dutiful adjective 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 Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance respectful deferent regardful deferential reverent polite worshipful gracious reverential civil obsequious servile sycophantic fawning courteous venerating subservient toadying kowtowing genuflecting hagiographic groveling grovelling hagiographical kid-glove kid-gloved Antonyms & Near Antonyms disrespectful abusive undutiful insulting offensive contemptuous impudent demeaning scornful irreverent disparaging derogatory insolent depreciatory depreciative rude discourteous uncivil belittling See More
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