slavish
Example Sentences
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Kay wants to punish Michael for his treatment of her, for his casual cruelty, for his slavish devotion to a monstrous profession.
While I like the movies a lot, I don’t have a slavish devotion to them.
From Los Angeles Times
De Palma’s slavish emulation of Hitchcock runs through numerous films, and with notable specificity.
From Los Angeles Times
While I like the moves a lot, I don’t have a slavish devotion to them.
From Los Angeles Times
The police department’s slavish interpretation of the law may be due to a report, issued a month before Mobarak’s death, faulting them for routinely violating young people’s rights.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
