slavish (adj.)

  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

    [ Syn: subservient , submissive ]

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