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slav·ish       [sley-vish] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection.
2.being or resembling a slave; abjectly submissive: He was slavish in his obedience.
3.base; mean; ignoble: slavish fears.
4.deliberately imitative; lacking originality: a slavish reproduction.

[Origin: 1555–65; slave + -ish1]

slav·ish·ly, adverb
slav·ish·ness, noun

2. groveling, sycophantic, fawning, cringing. See servile.
2. independent. 3. exalted.
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slav·ish       (slā'vĭsh)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of or characteristic of a slave or slavery; servile: Her slavish devotion to her job ruled her life.
  2. Showing no originality; blindly imitative: a slavish copy of the original.

slav'ish·ly adv., slav'ish·ness n.
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slavish

adjective
1. blindly imitative; "a slavish copy of the original" 
2. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient" 

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Slavish

Slav"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great. -- Slav"ish*ly, adv. -- Slav"ish*ness, n.

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