Word.ws English Dictionary

How to use dutifully in a sentence

17 example sentences · adverb

Dutifully means with a regard to duty; in a dutiful manner. Example: “The students dutifully worked through two pages of algebra problems.”

Examples of dutifully by meaning

adverbWith a regard to duty; in a dutiful manner.

  • But most Israeli mechanics say "breaks," with the "r" sound dutifully transformed from the American dog-barking noise to an upscale Frenchlike trill.2000, Adam M Garfinkle, Politics and society in modern Israel: myths and realities
  • Dutifully socking away a chunk of your salary each month may seem like a surefire path to a comfortable retirement.2014 August 6, Melanie Hicken, “5 big retirement mistakes”, in CNN Money, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2025
  • DfT left train operators to 'take the heat' - which they dutifully did, fearful of speaking up and 'biting the hand that feeds'.2020 September 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: We MUST seize the moment”, in Rail, page 3

More sentences with dutifully

  • The students dutifully worked through two pages of algebra problems.From the entry work through
  • She then offered thanks to everyone who has dutifully followed home quarantine and self-health management protocols.2020 March 20, Keoni Everington, “Next 14 Days Are Critical for Taiwan's Wuhan Virus Battle: Tsai”, in Taiwan News. From the entry quarantine
  • Folding chairs had been placed at prudent distances, and masks were dutifully worn.2020 July 30, David Zweig, “$25,000 Pod Schools: How Well-to-Do Children Will Weather the Pandemic”, in New York Times. From the entry tableau
  • Police dutifully hauled sneezers and coughers to court, where they were given stiff fines.2002, Joy Hakim, War, Peace, and All that Jazz, page 22. From the entry cougher
  • He dutifully speared a beef tip and chewed it with false gusto.1998, Alan Morris, “Between Earth and Sky”, in Guardians of the North, book 4; →ISBN. From the entry tip
  • After a lifetime of dutifully cooking roasts in a moderate oven, I've defected to the searers' camp.1982, Ladies' Home Journal, volume 99, page 98. From the entry searer
  • "What a lovely old-English kind of garden you have," he dutifully remarked.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry unhorticultural
  • Bryce dutifully picked up after him — placing the suit on a wooden hanger and filling the lace-ups with shoe trees.1986, Craig G. Harris, “Weekend Plans”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 135. From the entry shoe tree
  • Dutifully and in a haze of ponderment I followed.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 26, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 174. From the entry ponderment
  • These were not the rotting corpses of the modern zombie apocalypse; rather they were laborers and sleepwalkers that served their masters dutifully.2016, John Edgar Browning, David Castillo, David Schmid, Zombie Talk, page 83. From the entry sleepwalker
  • I dutifully trailed along behind Andre for a few days before being trusted to take the lead role on some sales calls.2016, Richard Dietrich Maddox, Remembering Eternity, volume 1 (The Sun Inside), book 1 (The Game Begins), →ISBN, page 181. From the entry dulciloquence
  • The dog had no way of naming things for itself and so Teddy had dutifully taken it upon himself to lexiconize the world for it.2015, Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins: A Novel. From the entry lexiconize
  • Being a good person who always brushes after every meal, you dutifully worked your way through the Basic instruction book—maybe two of them.1983 December, Stephen Kimmel, “The First Program”, in Creative Computing, volume 9, number 12, page 156. From the entry goshwow
  • Then, feeling the fat hands caressing her reluctant bosom, listening dutifully to the rich, plummy voice, she realized finally what marriage to the King meant.1948, Michael Glenne, Catherine Howard: The Story of Henry VIII's Fifth Queen, page 137. From the entry plummy

Meaning of dutifully

  1. adverb With a regard to duty; in a dutiful manner.

Full definition of dutifully

Questions about dutifully in a sentence

How do you use dutifully in a sentence?
Dutifully is used as an adverb. For example: “The students dutifully worked through two pages of algebra problems.”
What is a short sentence with dutifully?
“Dutifully and in a haze of ponderment I followed.”
What does dutifully mean?
Dutifully means with a regard to duty; in a dutiful manner.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dutifully (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this page: “How to use dutifully in a sentence.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sentences/dutifully. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.