Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AD-VERS'I-TY
AD-VERS'I-TY, n.
An event, or series of events, which oppose success or desire; misfortune; calamity; affliction; distress; state of unhappiness. In the day of adversity, consider. – Eccl. vii. Ye have rejected God, who saved you out of all your adversities. – 1 Sam. x.
Return to page 51 of the letter “A”.