slavish
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slav·ish 
[sley-vish] Pronunciation Key
[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. |
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| slav·ish
(slā'vĭsh) Pronunciation Key
adj.
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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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