(disapproving) following or copying sb/sth exactly without having any original thought at all:
a slavish adherence to the rules * slavish devotion / obedience * a slavish imitation of Hitchcock's films
slavishly adverb:
You don't need to stick slavishly to the recipe.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, slavish is tagged as adjective.
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