Definitions for dutiful

dutiful du·ti·ful

Spelling: [doo-tuh-fuh l, dyoo-]
IPA: /ˈdu tə fəl, ˈdyu-/

Dutiful is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in dutiful (dfiltuu).

Definitions for dutiful

adjective

  1. performing the duties expected or required of one; characterized by doing one's duty:
  2. required by duty; proceeding from or expressive of a sense of duty:

Origin of dutiful

First recorded in 1545-55; duty + -ful

Examples for dutiful

But she was dutiful to him, and he was circumspect in his behaviour before her.

It is home to Papa Pilgrim, a literal-minded, self-fashioned prophet; his wife, Country Rose; and their 15 dutiful children.

Her impartial and dutiful reasonings on her difficult situation.

And will it suit you to be dutiful if your uncle accepts this monstrous proposal?

"What my father says is always correct," replied the dutiful son.

She appeared at his side, impish smile in place, dutiful, fragrantly rather than ferociously sexy, and—frustratingly—an adjunct.

But this detachment gives the biography a dutiful, going-through-the-motions tone.

As for Lady Johnson, she is too dutiful and wise a woman to have any wishes that are not her husband's.

Revered and dutiful, he fought (and was injured) in World War II, and succeeded to the tile in 1953.

Ibrahim made clear to Deputy Dennis Meyer that his daughter was a respectful and dutiful girl of Sudanese extraction.

Word Value for dutiful
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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