dutifully
Americanadverb
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He dutifully stuffs the bills into the slot.
From The Wall Street Journal â Oct. 25, 2026
Inside a hotel conference room downtown, rapper/vocalists Johnny and Taeyong and singers Jaehyun, Haechan and Yuta are dutifully seated at a table with iced coffees, pens and notepads.
From Los Angeles Times â Aug. 25, 2026
Roggatz, 35, dutifully got to work ridding his grass of the gifts from his dogs, Django and Scout, with a plastic bag pinched between his fingers.
From The Wall Street Journal â Aug. 15, 2026
Maro Itoje, Jamie George, Owen Farrell, Elliot Daly, and Mako and Billy Vunipola dutifully served out a single-season spell in the second tier.
From BBC â Jun. 4, 2026
He returned from Azkaban, expecting to find his daughter dutifully awaiting his return with a hot meal ready on his table.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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