slavishly

1. 1.

   in a slavish manner

   “his followers slavishly believed in his new diet”

Questions about slavishly

What does slavishly mean?

slavishly means "in a slavish manner".

How many syllables are in slavishly?

slavishly has 3 syllables: slav-ish-ly. The stress falls on "slav". In IPA it is /ˈslævɪʃli/.

Is slavishly a common word?

slavishly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.