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 heroines in Rob Roy and The Black Dwarf are duteous and devoted daughters, the one of an unfortunate, the other of an unworthy parent.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
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
Her joyful parents now At Brahmá's feet in duteous reverence bow.
From The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa by Kalidasa
She burst out into a fit of laughter at my duteous principles.
From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana
