Slavish Definition

slavish
adjective
  1. blindly imitative; "a slavish copy of the original"
  2. 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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