SLAVISH in a Sentence
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Example sentences for SLAVISH, such as:
1. He was deeply, even slavishly, devout.
2. He saw it, and his face expressed that utter subjection, that slavish devotion, which had done so much to win her.
3. I had a sickly dread, too, of being ridiculous, and so had a slavish passion for the conventional in everything external.
2. He saw it, and his face expressed that utter subjection, that slavish devotion, which had done so much to win her.
3. I had a sickly dread, too, of being ridiculous, and so had a slavish passion for the conventional in everything external.
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Meanings and Examples of SLAVISH
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slavish
a. blindly imitative
a. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
Classic Sentence:
1 She remembered the ball, remembered Vronsky and his face of slavish adoration, remembered all her conduct with him: there was nothing shameful.
2 He saw it, and his face expressed that utter subjection, that slavish devotion, which had done so much to win her.
3 No doubt there are slavish women as well as slavish men; and women, like men, admire those that are stronger than themselves.
4 I had a sickly dread, too, of being ridiculous, and so had a slavish passion for the conventional in everything external.
5 He was deeply, even slavishly, devout.
6 When Yeobright was not with Eustacia he was sitting slavishly over his books; when he was not reading he was meeting her.
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