Definitions of dutiful

1. Dutifulness.

2. Dutifully.

3. willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; " a dutiful child"; " a dutiful citizen"; " Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife";

4. Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection.

5. Respectful; obedient to parents or superiors.

6. Attentive to duty: respectful: expressive of a sense of duty.

7. Attentive to duty; obedient; respectful.

8. Performing the duties of one's position; submissive; respectful.

9. Performing the duties or obligations required by law, justice, or propriety; obedient; submissive; expressive of respect or a sense of duty; required by duty.