duteously

Example Sentences

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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

The fool Was I; who should have been thy friend, thy tool; Gone wooing with thee, stood at thy bed-side Serving, and welcomed duteously thy bride.

From Medea of Euripedes by Euripedes

"Then you shall take it there," answered the governess of the feast; and Mr. Arbuton duteously set off with the bottle in his hand.

From A Chance Acquaintance by Howells, William Dean

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

Prolix might he have been deemed, save by the flock he guided, Who duteously accounted him but a little lower than the angels.

From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Sigourney, Lydia Howard