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
She burst out into a fit of laughter at my duteous principles.
From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Georgiana Cavendish
This is the mistresse flame; and duteous he Her happy fire-works here, comes down to see.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Richard Crashaw
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 Isaac Disraeli
In yonder grave a Druid lies, Where slowly winds the stealing wave; The year’s best sweets shall duteous rise To deck its poet’s sylvan grave.
From The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir by William Collins
