dutiful
English
Alternative forms
- dutifull (archaic)
Etymology
duty + -ful
Adjective
dutiful (comparative more dutiful, superlative most dutiful)
- Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.
- Ralph was a dutiful child, and took the trash out without being told.
- Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.
Derived terms
- undutiful