[
UK
/djˈuːtɪfəli/
]
[ US /ˈdutifəɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈdutifəɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
out of a sense of duty; in a dutiful manner
he dutifully visited his mother every Sunday
How To Use dutifully In A Sentence
- In his relations with his commercial agent a principal must act dutifully and in good faith.
- But dutifully stenographed Greg, as always, with enough practice you might become a fax machine. Hillary Hits Obama: "Pennsylvanians Don't Need A President Who Looks Down On Them"
- Act dutifully and in good faith towards the Sole Distributor.
- He dutifully screamed, exposing the braces gilding his teeth.
- A liveried flunkey doffed his cap and drove the Peugeot away while others dutifully hauled luggage about.
- We laughed dutifully at all his jokes, even the ones that weren't funny.
- It seems ludicrous that they have been hung out to dry with such vituperation when in fact they are both dutifully fulfilling the only remaining important royal function there is.
- Lana looked at the crows' feet at the corner of Nell's eyes, her dutifully middle-class twinset.
- The FROW were all dutifully clad in Burberry Prorsum.
- Without looking up, the Commish dutifully scrawled his signature on my paper as Andra snapped a photo of us.