What is the meaning of slavish?

adjective

  • Blindly imitative.
    • usage: "a slavish copy of the original"
  • Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant.
    • usage: "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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