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slavish

s lay vish

  • s  blindly imitative
    a slavish copy of the original
  • s  abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
    slavish devotion to her job ruled her life
    a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams

  • They do not seem to care how Khrushchev's expose affects foreign Communist leaders wholiving under no "reign of terror" in their own countrieshad no excuse for their slavish .
  • Only a slavish sycophant like Herbert can take what was unquestionably a bumbling, error-filled week for Obama and recast it as the work of a political Bobby Fischer.
  • Fears about a Wall Street fad Wall Street can be as slavish in following a financial trend as clothing designers are in copying fashion changes.
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    Generationals – Heza Polyvinyl ???? Deftly refracting a surprising number of lively styles through a crisp ’80s alt-pop lens, New Orleans’ Generationals are more smartly referential than they are slavish. An organic merger of electronics and clean rock instrumentation, this third LP has a more elegantly contained bounce and is their most hi-fi outing yet. What emerges is their accuracy ...
    June 25, 2013 - Orlando Weekly
Quotes

  • Eoin Colfer in Telegraph.co.uk
    Speaking about Adams, Colfer told The Guardian: "I would hope he had a little giggle and would enjoy the respectful but not slavish way I have entered his universe...... I don't think he would be disgusted."
  • Mike Rumbles in BBC News
    Mike Rumbles, the Liberal Democrat chief whip, said: "I'm delighted that Alex Neil's ultra loyalty has finally been rewarded. The lesson of this reshuffle is that slavish adoration of the first minister pays dividends."
  • LK Advani in Hindu
    Congress party has surrendered itself to a slavish culture in which the reigning dynasty never does wrong and is never responsible or accountable for any failure,Advani alleged.

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