dutiful.

Careful to carry out duties or what is expected.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• dutiful attendance
• dutiful child

On the page

His dutiful attendance concealed his wish to leave.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more dutiful; superlative most dutiful when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, description. Commonness: moderately common.