dutifully
(adverb) out of a sense of duty; in a dutiful manner; “he dutifully visited his mother every Sunday”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dutifully (comparative more dutifully, superlative most dutifully)
With a regard to duty; in a dutiful manner.
• obediently
• respectfully
• reverently
• submissively
Source: Wiktionary
Du"ti*ful, a.
1. Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject.
2. Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection.
Syn.
– Duteous; obedient; reverent; reverential; submissive; docile; respectful; compliant.
– Du"ti*ful*ly, adv.
– Du"ti*ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 February 2025
(adverb) at or to or toward the back or rear; “he moved back”; “tripped when he stepped backward”; “she looked rearward out the window of the car”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
