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Meanings of
slavish
in English
Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant.
submissive
vassal
subservient
Related terms
servile
Slavish.
Related terms
unoriginal
Synonyms
Examples for "
submissive
"
submissive
vassal
subservient
Examples for "
submissive
"
1
After many seconds Lola said in the same weak,
submissive
voice, Yes.
2
The ministers of the Church were rendered
submissive
to the civil power.
3
To sit in
submissive
obedience seemed unreasonable; to fly from Italy impossible.
4
She could be
submissive
in appearance while still persisting in her aims.
5
On the other hand, the Carthusians in London had proved more
submissive
.
1
It is the second of our
vassal
states to ask for help.
2
How long do you suppose we could escape becoming a
vassal
power?
3
Each principal
vassal
was a kind of sovereign, within his particular demesnes.
4
The Cid then became a
vassal
of the Moorish king of Saragossa.
5
The
vassal
of Otho had reduced the successor of Otho to vassalage.
1
Yet when Messi returned, Neymar was happy to return to being
subservient
.
2
The Revenue was to be
subservient
to the greater and national factor.
3
In other words, plot is
subservient
to character and storytelling to ideology.
4
Surely the stomach should be
subservient
to the mind; but it isn't.
5
Judges
subservient
to Somerset declared Wriothesley guilty of having abused his office.
Usage of
slavish
in English
1
The fear surely is not that of shivering dread or
slavish
terror.
2
Yet in such loyalty there was no trace of a
slavish
spirit.
3
Our wisdom is
slavish
prejudice, our customs consist in control, constraint, compulsion.
4
Mother imagines that I am the
slavish
echo of my brother Victor.
5
She has dared to impose
slavish
tasks upon thee, born in freedom.
6
O how I hate it, this service, and the whole
slavish
life.
7
Despite all its
slavish
superstition, the Saxon Church was obnoxious to Rome.
8
They were taking too
slavish
an attitude toward Goniface and his judgments.
9
They seem to think there is no course open but
slavish
submission.
10
And let no man fancy that such submission shows a
slavish
spirit.
11
An' I reckon ye've done sought right
slavish
ter make amends ternight.
12
There is no art in the
slavish
copying of persons in real life.
13
But, in general, Collins is much less
slavish
than Warton in his imitation.
14
In the latter case, religion will be
slavish
and submission sullen.
15
Popova fawned upon the Governor-General, and seemed
slavish
in his devotion.
16
Treason and cowardice alone stir up The sullen currents of their
slavish
souls.
Other examples for "slavish"
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slavish
Adjective
Frequent collocations
slavish devotion
slavish submission
slavish fear
slavish spirit
slavish adherence
More collocations
Slavish
through the time
Slavish
across language varieties
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