dutifully

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

ADVERB

justly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accurately correctly decently duly equally equitably honestly honorably impartially lawfully legally legitimately properly reasonably rightfully rightly

WEAK

befittingly beneficently benevolently benignly candidly charitably decorously duteously evenhandedly fitly fittingly frankly helpfully moderately nicely piously respectably righteously straightforwardly temperately tolerantly unreservedly uprightly virtuously well

Antonyms

STRONGEST

wrongly

WEAK

unfairly unjustly

ADVERB

obsequiously

Synonyms

STRONG

subserviently

WEAK

abjectly fawningly grovelingly ingratiatingly obediently slavishly sycophantically

Example Sentences

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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

Powlowski also defended the committee against accusations of bias, telling the Star that members have "dutifully listened to both sides".

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Investment strategists played armchair epidemiologist for weeks, dutifully updating case counts and laying out scenarios.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The assignment is defense, a role Smart has dutifully filled for his whole career.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

He remembered the first stream of words entering his mind, remembered dutifully repeating them, his mind relaxing into a feeling of marvelous happiness.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

dutifully

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