I.of or belonging to a home-born slave (verna), slavish, i. e.,
II. Jesting, pert, waggish: “dictum,” Tac. H. 3, 32 fin.—Adv.: vernīlĭter , slavishly, servilely: “fungi officiis,” Hor. S. 2, 6, 108: nimis hoc fit verniliter, i. e. with fawning flattery, cringingly, Caecil. ap. Non. 42, 27: “haec ipsa non verniliter, nec eā figurā, quā, etc.,” jestingly, jokingly, Sen. Ben. 2, 11, 3.