dutiful

/'dju:tiful/ Cách viết khác : (duteous) /'dju:tjəs/

Thân thiện

A dutiful student helps her teacher carry a stack of books.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect: Describes a person who performs their obligations conscientiously, motivated by a feeling of responsibility and deference, not merely by compulsion.
   • Conscientious in fulfilling duties: Characterized by a careful and earnest effort to do what is required or expected.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • She was a dutiful daughter who visited her parents every weekend.
  • The soldier gave a dutiful salute to the commanding officer.
  • He performed his dutiful tasks without complaint.

Advanced Usage

• "Dutiful to a fault": So excessively conscientious about duty that it may become a negative trait.
  • His dutiful attention to every minor rule made him an inflexible manager.

Variants and Related Words

• Duteous (adjective, archaic/formal): An older or more literary synonym for dutiful, meaning obedient or submissive.
  • The knight was duteous to his king.
• Dutifully (adverb): In a manner that shows a sense of duty.
  • She dutifully completed all the paperwork.
• Dutifulness (noun): The quality of being dutiful.
  • His dutifulness was noted by all his superiors.

Synonyms

• Conscientious: Wishing to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly.
• Obedient: Complying or willing to comply with orders or requests.
• Deferential: Showing respect and esteem due to a superior or an elder.
• Responsible: Having an obligation to do something, or having control over or care for someone.

Antonyms

• Negligent: Failing to take proper care in doing something.
• Disobedient: Refusing to obey rules or someone in authority.
• Remiss: Lacking care or attention to duty; negligent.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Do one's duty: To perform the tasks that are one's responsibility. (This phrase expresses the action, while "dutiful" describes the character trait of the person performing it.)
  • A dutiful person always strives to do their duty.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect;
   • a dutiful child
   • a dutiful citizen
   • Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife

Từ đồng nghĩa

• duteous