A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg verily PRONUNCIATION: (VER-uh-lee) MEANING: adverb: In truth, indeed, truly, certainly. ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English verraily, from verrai/verray (very), from Old French verai (true), from vulgar Latin veracus, from Latin verax (truthful). Earliest documented use: 1303. USAGE: An orchard of pistachio trees verily swarmed with a variety of birds. Shula Kopf; Mad About the Bird; The Jerusalem Report (Israel); Jun 16, 2014. It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there. -William Carlos Williams, poet and physician (1883-1963)
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:00:01 +0000
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