The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Slavish \Slav"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great. -- Slav"ish*ly, adv. -- Slav"ish*ness, n. [1913 Webster]