slavishlyadv.
/ˈsleɪvɪʃli/ 1. In a servile or slavish manner.
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the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adverb]
abjectlya1500
servilely1550
bondly1553
slavishly1565
fawningly1591
demissly1598
with hat in hand1599
assentatorilya1626
hat in hand1629
cringingly1675
obsequiously1736
trucklingly1831
crawlingly1865
snivellingly1959
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Verniliter, lewdly:..slauishly.
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 11v Most slauishly thou kissest and embracest them.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xi. 151 It is a wonder to see how slauishly these kind of men will subiect themselues.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 362 Some..content themselves to live slavishly..for a Morsel of Bread.
1727 J. Gay Fables I. xii. 41 She never slavishly submits, She'll have her will, or have her fits.
1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. Pref. p. xvi Not slavishly addicted to any new system.
1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine xi He was slavishly gentle to Catherine.
1884 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 502 A nation..slavishly devoted to foreign models.
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society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adverb]
tyrantlyc1470
tyrannicly1539
tyrannously?1542
slavely1553
tyrannically1560
tyranniously1608
slavishly1621
oppressively1650
grindingly1828
inquisitorially1830
1621 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 349 To this missery hath tirannie inthrald us all and slaveishly caused us to stoope to the demaund of even base infidells.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 26 The women of the better sort are slauishly infringed from honest and lawfull liberty.
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