slavish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite blindly imitative
    • a slavish copy of the original
  2. adjective satellite abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
    subservient; submissive.
    • 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

WordNet

Slav"ish adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great. -- Slav"ish*ly, adv. -- Slav"ish*ness, n.

Webster 1913