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A.Word.A.Day--verily verily (VER-uh-lee) adverb In truth, indeed, truly, certainly. [From Middle English verraily, from verrai/verray (very), from Old French verai (true), from vulgar Latin veracus, from Latin verax (truthful).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. "He (Kenneth Kaunda) further said ... that he verily believes the detaining authority has no grounds or reasonable belief to detain him." Amos Malupenga; My Safety is in Grave Danger, Says Kaunda; Post of Zambia (Lusaka); Dec 29, 1997. "And verily did the chains fall off all manner of things which sorely needed chaining." Verily Did the Chains Fall; The Australian (Sydney); Jun 6, 2000. This week's theme: archaic words. X-Bonus The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian (1906-1945)

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