dutiful
dutiful adjective: accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.
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.
- And when blondes and beautiful are multiple / They become so dull and dutiful1996, Paul Heaton, Dave Rotheray, “Rotterdam (or Anywhere)”, in Blue Is the Colour, performed by The Beautiful South
- Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.
dutiful meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
dutiful in Hindi
- dutiful
- धर्मनिष्ठ dharmaniṣṭh
dutiful in Urdu
- نیک بخت, سعادت مند, تابع
dutiful in Bengali
- dutiful; conscientious; devoted to one’s duty; responsible
- কর্তব্যপরায়ণ kortobbopraẏon
dutiful in Malayalam
- കർത്തവ്യബോധമുളള, കൃത്യവിവേചനമുളള, അനുസരണയുളള
More languagesFewer languages
- dutiful in Kannada
- ವಿಧೇಯ, ಕರ್ತವ್ಯಪರ, ಸೇವಾಬುದ್ಧಿಯ, ಸೇವಾಮನೋಭಾವದ
Examples of dutiful in a sentence
- The duke's fiefdom had been greatly expanded as a reward for his dutiful military service on behalf of the king.
- Most state parties--Democrat or Republican--are sclerotic and dutiful, and little help to local candidates.
- If they're on a dutiful errand, for example delivering registers, the school probably encourages a responsible attitude.
Forms of dutiful
| comparative | more dutiful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dutiful |
| alternative form | dutifull |
Origin of dutiful
From duty + -ful.
Words formed from dutiful
Questions about dutiful
- What does dutiful mean?
- Dutiful means accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.
- What is dutiful in Hindi?
- Dutiful in Hindi is धर्मनिष्ठ (dharmaniṣṭh). See Dutiful meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dutiful?
- Dutiful is an adjective.
Words near dutiful in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dutiful (page history and authors); धर्मनिष्ठ (Hindi) (page history and authors); dutiful (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); কর্তব্যপরায়ণ (Bengali) (page history and authors); dutiful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dutiful (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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