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

The watchman of the seas leaves not the coast, duteous in his lonely cares; while Beowulf, with his companions, marches onwards.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

She burst out into a fit of laughter at my duteous principles.

From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana

There forests, lawns, and haunts of beasts abound, There youth is temperate, and laborious found; There altars and the righteous gods are fear'd, And aged sires by duteous sons rever'd.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

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