abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S H Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient"
disapproval You use slavish to describe things that copy or imitate something exactly, without any attempt to be original. She herself insists she is no slavish follower of fashion. + slavishly slav·ish·ly Most have slavishly copied the design of IBM's big mainframe machines. obeying, supporting, or copying someone completely - used to show disapproval