slavish

adj

1. servile, subservient, subject, menial, enslaved, in bonds or bondage, in harness; submissive, docile, subdued, restrained, resigned, compliant, deferential, tractable, mealy-mouthed, obsequious, Obs. obsequent, Obs., Rare. vernile; abject, humble, poor, meek, lowly, downtrodden; prostrate, obeisant, on one's knees.

2. sycophantic, sycophantical, sycophantish, fawning, flattering, toadyish, toadying, truckling, ingratiating, honey-mouthed, unctuous, Sl. bootlicking, Sl. footlicking, Sl. brown-nosing; groveling, crawling, crouching, slithering; squirming, cringing, cowering; whining, whimpering, sniveling.

3. base, base-spirited, mean, mean-spirited, low, vile, ignoble, inglorious, dishonorable, discreditable, disreputable.

4. unoriginal, without or lacking originality, unimaginative, prosaic, imitative; inflexible, rigid, stiff; (all in a negative sense) strict, close, exact, undeviating, direct, straightforward, faithful, literal.