duteously

Example Sentences

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A dog also has duteously and humbly turned his back to the forbidden sight, and is crouched down with the most virtuous air you could imagine.

From Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It by Zwemer, Samuel Marinus

In the romance of Sir Amadas, the ghost of a merchant, whose corpse the knight had duteously redeemed from the hands of creditors, succours him at need.

From The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance by Birkhead, Edith

This likewise is duteously traced back by science to Grotius, although in this department also he stands on the shoulders of his predecessors.

From The Future of International Law by Oppenheim, L. (Lassa)

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

To please her he duteously obeyed Hemingway's fastidious instructions as to habiliments.

From The Purple Heights by Oemler, Marie Conway