doing everything that you are expected to do; willing to obey and to show respect synonym obedient a dutiful daughter/son/wife
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NAmE//ˈdut̮ɪfli//
adverb We laughed dutifully at all his jokes, even the ones that weren't funny.See dutiful in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: dutiful