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1. (adj.) slavish
of or befitting a slave:
slavish subjection.
2. slavish
being or resembling a slave; abjectly submissive.
3. slavish
deliberately imitative:
a slavish reproduction.
4. slavish
base; mean; ignoble:
slavish fears.
Etymology: (1555–65)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) slavish
blindly imitative
"a slavish copy of the original"
2. (adj) slavish, subservient, submissive
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 Dictionary |
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1. (adj) slavish
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
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