US /ˈduːtiːfəl/
adj Freq #29677

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Doing what you are supposed to do out of a sense of duty and respect.

    As a dutiful son, he visited his elderly mother every week.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · doing what you are supposed... duteous
Word family
Forms undutiful
Derived forms dutifullydutifulnessundutiful

Etymology

From duty + -ful.

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