Meanings
comparative more slavishly · superlative most slavishly
- In a slavish manner.
"Railways seldom slavishly followed styles to be seen in the mainstream of contemporary architecture," HE [Historic England] explains.
2021 October 20, Dr Joseph Brennan, “A key part of our diverse railway heritage”, in RAIL, number 942, page 551 more example
Although the words were not slavishly borrowed, the expressions partook of the simple dignity of the liturgy to which she had been accustomed, and was probably as worthy of the Being to whom they were addressed as they could well be made by human powers.
1840, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pathfinder
Origin
Translations
Czech otrocky
- otrockyin a slavish manner
Latin vernīliter, servile
- vernīliterin a slavish manner
- servilein a slavish manner
Russian раболепно, поко́рно
- раболепно (rabolepno)in a slavish manner
- поко́рно (pokórno)in a slavish manner
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slavishly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slavishly
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