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
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Mitsuko, 88 years old, was among the generation who saw nationalism change from being the dutiful way of life in Japan to something that should be questioned.
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Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025
This would work best not as the typical awards show dutiful sideline but integrated directly into the winner revelations.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
But Carter, as dutiful Democratic soldier, headlined a reception and chicken dinner to raise money for his former vice president, Walter Mondale, while Mondale prepared to accept the party’s presidential nomination.
—Mark Barabak, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025
But neither was there the ho-hum, dutiful lassitude that usually accompanies second inaugurations, like Barack Obama’s in 2013.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025
This would work best not as the typical awards show dutiful sideline but integrated directly into the winner revelations.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
But Carter, as dutiful Democratic soldier, headlined a reception and chicken dinner to raise money for his former vice president, Walter Mondale, while Mondale prepared to accept the party’s presidential nomination.
—Mark Barabak, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025
But neither was there the ho-hum, dutiful lassitude that usually accompanies second inaugurations, like Barack Obama’s in 2013.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Dutiful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dutiful. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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