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

Mild, passive, duteous, and innocent: I may lead my life just as I please; and she, dear creature! will have no idea but that I am a very good husband!

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

Wherever Destiny, a kinder friend Than he who gave me birth, may point the way, Thither resolv'd our duteous steps shall bend, Nor know presaging fear, nor weak delay.

From Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace by Seward, Anna

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 Wilson, Woodrow