Lewis Short
(adjective) : vernīlis, e, verna
* Of or belonging to a home-born slave (verna), slavish, i. e.
* Mean, fawning, servile: blanditiae,Tac. H. 2, 59: corpora,Quint. Decl. 9, 12.— *
* Jesting, pert, waggish: dictum,Tac. H. 3, 32fin.—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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary