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Meaning of 'slavish' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Slavish [ 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.

Meaning of 'slavish' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . slavish [ s]
Meaning (1):
- blindly imitative
Example in sentence:
  • a slavish copy of the original
Meaning (2):
- abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
Example in sentence:
  • a slavish yes-man to the party bosses;
  • she has become submissive and subservient;
  • slavish devotion to her job ruled her life

Nearby Words:

slab slab-sided slabber slabbered slabberer slabbering slabbery slabbiness slabbing slabby

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