VERNACULARLY

Etymology

Adverb

vernacularly (comparative more vernacularly, superlative most vernacularly)

In a vernacular way.

Source: Wiktionary


Ver*nac"u*lar*ly, adv.

Definition: In a vernacular manner; in the vernacular. Earle.

VERNACULAR

Ver*nac"u*lar, a. Etym: [L. vernaculus born in one's house, native, fr. verna a slave born in his master's house, a native, probably akin to Skr. vas to dwell, E. was.]

Definition: Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language. "A vernacular disease." Harvey. His skill the vernacular dialect of the Celtic tongue. Fuller. Which in our vernacular idiom may be thus interpreted. Pope.

Ver*nac"u*lar, n.

Definition: The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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