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

Then first was known     The rigorous Sonnet, to be fram'd alone     By duteous Bards, or by just Taste admir'd.—

From Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace by Seward, Anna

Wherever Destiny, a kinder friend Than he who gave me birth, may point the way, Thither resolv'd our duteous steps shall bend, Nor know presaging fear, nor weak delay.

From Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace by Seward, Anna

A duteous bird the while, high perched above, Utters the tremulous notes of tender love.

From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher

"Mustn't rush things," he'd told himself, as if those three days had been three years' duteous service of a knight of old.

From The Disturbing Charm by Ruck, Berta