slavishly
In fawning obedience
Slavishly means in a manner showing complete, unthinking obedience or imitation.
Someone who slavishly follows orders does so without question or independent judgment.
The word often criticizes excessive devotion: He slavishly copied the master's style rather than developing his own.
It suggests subordination that diminishes the person performing it.
Excessive insincere flattery
- sycophanticServilely flattering
- toadyingObsequious behavior seeking favor
- bootlickingServile flattery for advantage
- grovelingDemeaning self-abasement before another
ingratiating · unctuous · smarmy · kowtowing · obsequious · servile · cringing · flattering
Lacking discerning judgment
- acceptingWilling to receive
- credulousProne to blind trust
- blindlyWithout seeing or considering
- unreflectiveNot given to self-examination
unthinking · unhesitating · unwavering · dogmatic · conformist · orthodox · robotically · automatically
Humbly unassertive
- docileEasily controlled or taught
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
- acquiescentAccepting without resistance
- passiveNot actively participating
obedient · yielding · pliant · subdued · resigned · biddable · unassertive · timid
One who mimics another
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
- apingImitating closely
- parrotingMechanical verbal imitation
- emulationCopying to rival
derivative · unoriginal · formulaic · rote · verbatim · mechanically · rigidly · literally
fawning
Excessive insincere flattery
- sycophanticServilely flattering
- toadyingObsequious behavior seeking favor
- bootlickingServile flattery for advantage
groveling · ingratiating · unctuous · smarmy · kowtowing · obsequious · servile · cringing · flattering · adulatory
uncritical
Lacking discerning judgment
unreflective · unthinking · unhesitating · unwavering · dogmatic · conformist · orthodox · robotically · automatically · reflexively
meek
Humbly unassertive
- docileEasily controlled or taught
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
- acquiescentAccepting without resistance
passive · obedient · yielding · pliant · subdued · resigned · biddable · unassertive · timid · unresisting
copycat
One who mimics another
emulation · derivative · unoriginal · formulaic · rote · verbatim · mechanically · rigidly · literally · faithfully
slavishlyindependently
Without outside assistance
freely · autonomously · originally · creatively · rebelliously
slavishlyhalfheartedly
Without real interest
casually · lazily · indolently · lackadaisically · listlessly