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dutifully

[doo-tuh-flee, dyoo-] / ˈdu tə fli, ˈdju- /




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Side-eyeing the people responsible for the problem while dutifully stepping out of their way solves that tricky equation.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Inside a hotel conference room downtown, rapper/vocalists Johnny and Taeyong and singers Jaehyun, Haechan and Yuta are dutifully seated at a table with iced coffees, pens and notepads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Roggatz, 35, dutifully got to work ridding his grass of the gifts from his dogs, Django and Scout, with a plastic bag pinched between his fingers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Maro Itoje, Jamie George, Owen Farrell, Elliot Daly, and Mako and Billy Vunipola dutifully served out a single-season spell in the second tier.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

The animals were gone by the time the biologist arrived, but he found some fresh scat, which he dutifully bagged up and dispatched to a U.S.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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