Slavish

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  • adjective. Of or characteristic of a slave or slavery; servile.
  • adjective. Showing no originality; blindly imitative.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of. pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting slaves; servile; base: as, slavish fears; a slavish dependence on the great.
  • Lacking originality or due independence.
  • Like that of a slave; servile; consisting of drudgery and laborious toil: as, slavish service.
  • Enslaved; oppressed.
  • Synonyms Cringing, obsequious, fawning, groveling.—3. Drudging, menial.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. in the manner of a slave; abject
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. blindly imitative
  • adjective. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
  • Word Usage
    "You don't trouble about my being what you call slavish when it's you that profits by it!"
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