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

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 Gilfillan, George

Roman piety was the duteous care of one's relatives.

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe

Katharine maintained a duteous silence; the Lady Mary stood with her hands clasped before her.

From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford, Ford Madox

Fearless, unfear'd, her husband caress'd his duteous bride.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown