Dictionary Definition
dutiful adj : willingly obedient out of a sense
of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen";
"Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife"; [syn: duteous]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Accepting of one's
legal or moral obligations and willing to do
them well, and without complaint.
- Ralph was a dutiful child, and took the trash out without being told.
- Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense
of duty.
- The sergeant maintained a dutiful shine on his boots.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Christian, Christianlike, Christianly, accommodating, acquiescent, active, adoring, attentive, believing, cap in hand,
ceremonious,
compliant, complying, conforming, conscientious, considerate, constant, courteous, cultish, cultist, cultistic, deferential, devoted, devout, diligent, duteous, ethical, faithful, filial, flexible, honorific, law-abiding,
loyal, malleable, meticulous, mindful, moral, obedient, obliging, observant, pietistic, pious, pliant, polite, practicing, prayerful, punctilious, punctual, regardful, reliable, religious, respectful, responsible, reverent, reverential, scrupulous, solemn, submissive, theistic, true, venerational, venerative, willing, worshipful, yielding