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Dutifully

adv. resilient, capable formal

What it means

With steady attention to an understood responsibility or obligation.

Reach for it when describing reliable compliance when duty, not enthusiasm, explains the action

Each evening, Tomas dutifully entered the water readings in the public log.

Words to choose between 5

By register, from playful at the top to literary at the bottom. Tap a word to see when it fits.
everyday
warm
professional
formal

  • everyday

    obediently

    Fits when following a command is the exact fact

    Careful Obediently can make mature responsibility sound passive or childlike.

  • warm

    faithfully

    Fits when reliable loyalty across time matters

    Careful Faithfully adds allegiance that routine duty may not involve.

  • professional

    regularly

    Fits when consistent timing is all the evidence supports

    Careful Regularity does not show a sense of obligation.

  • professional

    responsibly

    Fits when sound ownership of consequences is central

    Careful Responsible action can challenge instructions rather than comply with them.

  • formal

    conscientiously

    Fits when care and principle guide how the task is done

    Careful Conscientious effort claims more thought than dutiful compliance alone.

Opposites 3

  • negligently
  • defiantly
  • irresponsibly

Common phrases 3

  • dutifully recorded

    The archivist dutifully recorded every change of ownership.

  • dutifully follow

    Crews dutifully follow the checklist even on quiet nights.

  • dutifully performed

    The inspection was dutifully performed but raised no new questions.

Word family 1

Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated