dutiful

comparative more dutiful · superlative most dutiful · alternative dutifull

1. 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.

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   And when blondes and beautiful are multiple / They become so dull and dutiful

   1996, Paul Heaton, Dave Rotheray, “Rotterdam (or Anywhere)”, in Blue Is the Colour, performed by The Beautiful South

2. Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.