slavish
IPA: sɫˈeɪvɪʃ
adjective
- in the manner of a slave; abject
- utterly faithful; totally lacking originality, creativity, or reflection
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Examples of "slavish" in Sentences
- It is not a question of being slavish.
- Slavish gratitude is promised in advance.
- But James was not a slavish follower of Swedenborg.
- Did no one ever explain the consequences of slavish rule
- Huxley was certainly not slavish in his dealings with Darwin.
- Let's not nail ourselves to the cross of slavish consistency.
- Leave the sections as they are, no reason to be too slavish to convention.
- Let's not embarrass ourselves with a slavish devotion to the cult of Apple.
- But by the language of copyright law, a slavish copy is not a derivative work.
- Imagine the same slavish adherence to the original definitions of these terms.