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

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

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

First Malfred Queen saluted they,    In manner as became them duteous; And then they greeted Valborg may,    Of all the maiden band most beauteous.

From Axel Thordson and Fair Valborg a ballad by Borrow, George Henry

Nine and twenty yeomen tall Waited duteous on them all.

From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various

Whose hearts no greater pleasure seek Than see thee smile, and hear thee speak, And feel all natural griefs beguiled By thee, their fond, their duteous child.

From The Isle of Palms and Other Poems by Wilson, John Lyde