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slav·ish·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
slavishlyadverb
in a slavish manner
"his followers slavishly believed in his new diet"
Wiktionary
slavishlyadverb
In a slavish manner.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Slavishlyadverb
Servilely; meanly.
Etymology: from slavish.
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slavishly
Slavishly means to follow or obey someone or something unquestioningly or without discretion, often resembling the devotion or obedience like a slave. It refers to acting in a servile, submissive, or excessively dependent manner.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Slavishly in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Slavishly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Slavishly in a Sentence
We're all puppets, and our best hope for even partial liberation is to try to decipher the logic of the puppeteer. Just because natural selection created us doesn't mean we have to slavishly follow its peculiar agenda. (If anything, we might be tempted to spite it for all the ridiculous baggage it's saddled us with.)
Modern society has generally ‘lost the plot’. Slavishly following its false gods and idols makes no sense in a spiritually aware life.
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