Dutiful
Dutiful adjective - Marked by or showing proper regard for another's higher status.
Hard-working and dutiful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hard-working" instead an adjective "Dutiful".
Nearby Word: dutifully
Hard-working
Dutiful and hard-working are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dutiful" instead an adjective phrase "Hard-working".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- attentive and dutiful
- attentive and hard-working
- steady and dutiful
- steady and hard-working
- devoted and dutiful
- devoted and hard-working
- steadfast and dutiful
- steadfast and hard-working
- thoughtful and dutiful
- thoughtful and hard-working
- scrupulous and dutiful
- scrupulous and hard-working
- constant and dutiful
- constant and hard-working
Both words in one sentence
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Doubles as the Moral Event Horizon, in that it gets hard to view Pearl as a protagonist you want to root for in contrast to the hard-working and dutiful father and husband that Marty is.
Source: Film / A Walk On The Moon - Was Nina of Mai-Otome a hard-working and dutiful girl who ended up as an enemy as a result of being from the wrong country, following the duties of an Otome and the love of her father being used to guarantee her obedience?
- Bees: Hard-working, dutiful and territorial (due to the common gag of a bee's nest being disturbed).
Source: Analysis / Animal Stereotypes
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