Dutiful and Humble

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Dutiful adjective - Marked by or showing proper regard for another's higher status.

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Humble and dutiful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Humble" instead an adjective "Dutiful".

Nearby Word: dutifully

Humble adjective - Not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showiness.

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Dutiful and humble are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dutiful" instead an adjective "Humble".

Nearby Words: humbled, humbling, humbly

However, this trope gets subverted or downplayed with various Cassians; such as Toric Antevian, competent and dutiful bureaucrats, and humble commoners.

Source: Evil Brit
Byronic Hero: Hornblower is an honorable, dutiful, and humble man who acts with great courage under fire.

Source: Literature / Horatio Hornblower
In the Horatio Hornblower literature series, the title character is an honorable, dutiful, and humble man who acts with great courage under fire.

Source: Byronic Hero

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