Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DU'TI-FUL, a.

1. Performing the duties or obligations required by law, justice, or propriety; obedient; submissive to natural or legal superiors; respectful; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject.
2. Expressive of respect or a sense of duty; respectful; reverential; required by duty; as, dutiful reverence; dutiful attentions.