Definition of Dueful

1. a. Fit; becoming.

Definition of Dueful

1. Adjective. (obsolete) suitable; becoming ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dueful

1. proper [adj] - See also: proper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dueful

due date
due diligence
due east
due north
due process
due process of law
due south
due to
due to(p)
due west
duebill
duebills
duecento
duecentos
dued
dueful (current term)
duel
dueled
dueler
duelers
dueling
duelist
duelists
duelled
dueller
duellers
duelli
duelling
duellings
duellist

Literary usage of Dueful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"How little dream'd 1 thee to find In this lone state of human kind? Nor melancholy can prevail, The dueful deed, nor dismal tale. ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"1. owed, owing, mature, dueful (archaic), rightful; spec, payable; see ACCRUED. 1. See DESERVED, PROPER, ADEQUATE, ATTRIBUTABLE. due, n. ..."

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