slavishly
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8.4
- adverb
- /ˈsleɪvɪʃli/
:
esclavamente
- We become captives to an identity to which we will slavishly allow no change.
- slavishly imitate
- slavishly follow
- slavishly reproduce
Just just like, slavishly in love with Janet Jackson.
- Just just like, slavishly in love with Janet Jackson.
- Almost as slavishly adulatory as The Secret History is a condemnation.
Examples
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In return, Orthodox hierarchs slavishly supported the government's foreign and domestic policies.
Academic text (1997) -
I am not trying to be too slavishly perfect here.
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You would have a pretty pathetic "performance" if you slavishly just played the "score."
Blog text (6) -
Providing an example or model of a research project might help, but people may copy such models somewhat slavishly.
Academic text (2014) -
The top brass of the army, the air force, and the police are all slavishly loyal.
Academic text (2010) -
Yet, the Chicago Teachers Union, and all the unions for that matter, are slavishly supporting Obama.
Blog text (14) -
The Communist Party quite slavishly obeyed every order that came from Moscow.
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In both cases, anyone tempted to follow slavishly in their footsteps would demonstrate only a profound misunderstanding of their teaching.
Academic text (1998) -
Being old becomes nothing more than a defective form of being young, and the old slavishly, if futilely, imitate the young.
Academic text (2003) -
He followed the instructions slavishly, ensuring that every detail was exactly as specified.
Synonyms
12
2.7
In a willing way to do what someone says
1
5.3
In a quiet, humble way that shows you obey someone
1
9.9
In a way that tries too hard to please someone
1
8.2
You do what someone tells you without asking questions
Trying too hard to please someone
In a way that is too eager to please someone
In a way that is too eager to please someone important
Antonyms
How Submissive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slavishly comes from the word slave, which itself comes from the name Slav because many Slavic people were forced into slavery long ago, and so to act slavishly is to behave like a 'slave', obeying without question or copying others instead of thinking for yourself.