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
He spoke: high Jove assenting bow'd the head, And floating clouds of nectar'd fragrance shed: Then, lowly bending to th' Eternal Sire, Each in his duteous rank, the gods retire.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões
Nine and twenty yeomen tall Waited duteous on them all.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
But the tale may not be vain, If haply it awake one duteous thought Of filial tenderness.
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by George Gilfillan
Not all new members suffer alike, of course, under this trying discipline; because it is not every new member that comes to his seat with serious purposes of honest, earnest, and duteous work.
From Congressional Government A Study in American Politics by Woodrow Wilson
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