slavishly
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is always a great word to know.
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of or befitting a slave |
| 2. | being or resembling a slave; servile |
| 3. | unoriginal; imitative |
| 4. | archaic ignoble |
| 'slavishly | |
| —adv | |
| 'slavishness | |
| —n | |
| slavish (ˈsleɪvɪʃ) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or befitting a slave |
| 2. | being or resembling a slave; servile |
| 3. | unoriginal; imitative |
| 4. | archaic ignoble |
| 'slavishly | |
| —adv | |
| 'slavishness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
He should thank all his minions for slavishly working to make him so.
It is counterproductive to slavishly follow a stagnant plan in the face of changing conditions.
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