Word Meanings - DUTEOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient; as, a duteous son or daughter. 2. Subservient; obsequious. Duteous to the vices of thy mistress. Shak. -- Du"te*ous*ly,
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1. Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient; as, a duteous son or daughter. 2. Subservient; obsequious. Duteous to the vices of thy mistress. Shak. -- Du"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Du"te*ous*ness, n.
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- DEFERENTIALLY
With deference. - DUTEOUS
1. Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient; as, a duteous son or daughter. 2. Subservient; obsequious. Duteous to the vices of thy mistress. Shak. -- Du"te*ous*ly, - DEFERENTIAL
Expressing deference; accustomed to defer. - SUBMISSIVE
1. Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble. Not at his feet submissive in distress, Creature so fair his reconcilement seeking. Milton. 2. Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, - RESPECTFUL
Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment. With humble joi and with respectful fear. Prior. -- Re*spect"ful*ly, adv. -- Re*spect"ful*ness, n. - OBEDIENT
Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command. And floating straight, obedient to the stream. Shak. The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due observance, wait the chief's command. - OBEDIENTIAL
According to the rule of obedience. An obediental subjection to the Lord of Nature. Sir M. Hale. - DUTIFUL
1. Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful - DOCILE
1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. 2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child. The elephant is at once docible and docile. C. J. Smith. - OBEDIENTLY
In an obedient manner; with obedience. - INOBEDIENT
Not obedient; disobedient. Chaucer. -- In`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv. - DISOBEDIENTLY
In a disobedient manner. - DISOBEDIENT
1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts. This disobedient spirit in the colonies. Burke. - UNOBEDIENT
Disobedient. Milton. - INDOCILE
Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable. - NONSUBMISSIVE
Not submissive. - DISRESPECTFUL
Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior. -- Dis`re*spect"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis`re*spect"ful*ness, n.