as in respectful
marked by or showing proper regard for another's higher status
the family showed a dutiful deference to their minister when he came to dinner
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This would work best not as the typical awards show dutiful sideline but integrated directly into the winner revelations.
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Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
But Carter, as dutiful Democratic soldier, headlined a reception and chicken dinner to raise money for his former vice president, Walter Mondale, while Mondale prepared to accept the party’s presidential nomination.
—Mark Barabak, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025
But neither was there the ho-hum, dutiful lassitude that usually accompanies second inaugurations, like Barack Obama’s in 2013.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Yet everything remains the same for Delia, whose romantic fantasies have given way to an embrace of her roles as dutiful wife and loving mother despite the sneering condescension and outright physical abuse at the hands of her strutting petty tyrant husband Ivano (Valerio Mastandrea).
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2025
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Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
But Carter, as dutiful Democratic soldier, headlined a reception and chicken dinner to raise money for his former vice president, Walter Mondale, while Mondale prepared to accept the party’s presidential nomination.
—Mark Barabak, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025
But neither was there the ho-hum, dutiful lassitude that usually accompanies second inaugurations, like Barack Obama’s in 2013.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Yet everything remains the same for Delia, whose romantic fantasies have given way to an embrace of her roles as dutiful wife and loving mother despite the sneering condescension and outright physical abuse at the hands of her strutting petty tyrant husband Ivano (Valerio Mastandrea).
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Dutiful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dutiful. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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