A slavish copy of the original. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
slavish devotion to her job ruled her life. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This is what we call slavish devotion to The One. From Wordnik.com. [INSTAPUTZ] Reference
You don't trouble about my being what you call slavish when it's you that profits by it!. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux] Reference
What I AM saying is that it is foolish to maintain slavish adherence to “principle” if that adherence results in bad ends. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Let The Cameras Roll] Reference
I do not dare to call slavish that which is royal. From Wordnik.com. [NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works] Reference
No one from Alberta has the right to call the voting habits of anyone in any other province "slavish". From Wordnik.com. [not so fast] Reference
There's something about Zarqawi, there's something about Osama bin Laden that instills in their followers this kind of slavish devotion. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2006] Reference
And you know the appellation given to certain people -- "slavish,". From Wordnik.com. [The Memorabilia] Reference
Cameron previously attacked as "slavish" the links Tony Blair and Brown have shared with. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
House-Cameron previously attacked as "slavish" the links Tony Blair and Brown have shared with. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
Cameron previously attacked as "slavish" the links Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have shared with Washington. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
The old cat had a little girl, the orphan of some relation, who lived with her as a kind of slavish companion. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Mannering — Complete] Reference
Cameron previously attacked as "slavish" the links that Labour leaders Tony Blair and Brown have shared with Washington. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
Cameron has struck just the right tone in saying that the relationship with the U.S. should be close, but not 'slavish'. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Clegg slammed the Conservatives and the Labour Party for what he termed the "slavish" way of describing UK-US relations as "special". From Wordnik.com. [Wake Up From Your Slumber - The Truth Will Set You Free] Reference
His recent speech on US-UK relations warned against "slavish" relations with the White House, and he has criticised Mr Blair at PMQs. From Wordnik.com. [Benedict Brogan's political blog] Reference
Finally, Wieland cannot be classed among the slavish imitators of. From Wordnik.com. [Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century] Reference
Japan's fad is an unhealthy trend that smacks of a slavish mind-set. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
There was no safety but for harmless stupidity or slavish conformity. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Wherever polygamy is the custom the female is held in slavish subjection. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
But one, at least, of Signorelli's disciples was neither slavish nor feeble. From Wordnik.com. [Luca Signorelli] Reference
But hold on a minute — is such slavish devotion really the right approach?. From Wordnik.com. [Pardon My French: You Suck At This] Reference
The broker owes you slavish attention, in view of how much you're being charged. From Wordnik.com. [Meanwhile, Back In The Jungle . . .] Reference
Looking out upon society, we see how slavish men and women are to fashion and frivolity. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
The Oriental races are known for their barbarity and their slavish devotion to their senses. From Wordnik.com. [Eat, Pray, Love, Leave: Orientalism Still Big Onscreen] Reference
After all, many clients are pioneers who would hate to be seen as slavish followers of fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Suits for All Seasons] Reference
Because peels usually lighten the skin, the newly peeled need to be slavish about sun protection. From Wordnik.com. [Can Your Skin Be Saved?] Reference
But along with an almost slavish desire to emulate his father was a fear that he would not measure up. From Wordnik.com. [The Camelot Curse] Reference
In fact, slavish following is what is required to be a true Tea Party patriot not any activism at all. From Wordnik.com. [Lennard Davis: Tea Party Activists? They Actually Are Inactivists!] Reference
The slavish fixation on insisting that every member conform to an idealized norm could be self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [Europe's Orphan] Reference
The chef shows a slavish devotion to local and seasonal Japanese produce, and the menu changes every two months. From Wordnik.com. [A Perfect Day] Reference
Our lands shall be the property of others, and we still tied down by slavish chains to cultivate and improve them. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Nicholas Chauvin was an early 19th Century French soldier and a particularly slavish devotee of the cult of Napoleon. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Creamer: Congratulations to Andrew Breitbart -- He May Have Succeeded in Having a Word Named After Him] Reference
Their patient endurance of accumulated hardships did not arise from a slavish servility or from insensibility to their rights and comforts. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
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