duteous

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Exception 3.—Final y is sometimes changed into e: as, duty + ous = duteous; beauty + ous = beauteous.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

Thus you may earn your bread: this is your duteous work.

From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford, Ford Madox

And, now that I think o' th' lass, comrade, I am not so sure that a scolding wife is not well paid for by a duteous daughter.

From A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales by Rives, Amélie

She burst out into a fit of laughter at my duteous principles.

From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana

And Psyche, since had come no priestess there To trim the temple, in her pious care Forgat herself, and lent her duteous aid.

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert