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# dutiful

adjective (dutifully, dutifulness)

«dutiful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Dutiful means careful to do what you should, obeying parents and keeping promises. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dutiful/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a good child who obeys a parent; in lessons it praises careful, obedient behaviour

### Examples

- The dutiful son fetched water for his mother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dutiful/#x1)
- She was a dutiful pupil who always did her homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dutiful/#x2)
- Be a dutiful helper and tidy up after the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dutiful/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dutiful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dutiful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dutiful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dutiful.html) on Mova free.