duteously

Example Sentences

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Here he is, wandering alone, waiting duteously on Nature, while she unfolds a page of stern, of silent, and of solemn poetry beneath his attentive gaze.

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte

Is not this firmament of air part of the human heritage, Which man must conquer duteously, as first his Maker willed?

From My Life as an Author by Tupper, Martin Farquhar

Thus encouraged, Mrs. Covil dropped into a chair, seeming not loath to tell those things she had, while Nancy leaned back and listened duteously for a perfunctory ten minutes.

From The Seeker by Wilson, Harry Leon

Therefore Mr. Flint duteously appeared at intervals among the elect, and appeared even to advantage.

From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway

And his brothers and his kinsmen duteously his hest obey, With each parting guest and monarch journey on the home ward way.

From Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse by Dutt, Romesh