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/pˈərsənəli/ /pˈərsənli/ /pˈərsnəli/ Listen

adverb

Personally adv.

In a personal manner; by bodily presence; in person; not by representative or substitute; as, to deliver a letter personally. "He, being cited, personally came not."

With respect to an individual; as regards the person; individually; particularly. "She bore a mortal hatred to the house of Lancaster, and personally to the king."

With respect to one's individuality; as regards one's self; as, personally I have no feeling in the matter.

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Etymology of 'Personally'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Personally the writer has found in several cities more or less difficulty in obtaining the genuine water. He therefore offers a few suggestions on ...

— Saratoga and How to See It • R. F. Dearborn

... cases unprovided for by the religious codes, as with those low, grovelling, timid natures (the very same with whom Machiavelli, the admirer of great villains, fairly loses patience), those creatures whom Dante personally despises, whom he punishes with filthy devices of his own, whom he passes by with words such as he never addresses to Semiramis, Brutus, or Capaneus. This toleration of vice, while acquiescing in its legal punishment, increased ...

— Euphorion - Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the - Renaissance - Vol. I • Vernon Lee

... by actual experience that the heads of departments in fact have not time to perform the additional duty imposed on them by this bill, the force in their offices should be increased or the duties devolving on them personally should be diminished. An undersecretary should be appointed to whom could be confided that routine of administration which requires only order and accuracy. The principal officers could then confine their attention to those duties which require wise discretion ...

— State of the Union Addresses of William H. Taft • William H. Taft

... answered very differently at the beginning of the year and at the end. No one can be a good bill-broker who has not learnt the great mercantile tradition of what is called 'the standing of parties' and who does not watch personally and incessantly the inevitable changes which from hour to hour impair the truth of that tradition. The credit' of a personthat is, the reliance which may be placed on his pecuniary fidelityis a different thing ...

— Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market • Walter Bagehot

... great jubilation at his coming. Many out there knew him personally, well; and others rejoiced at having the opportunity of judging for themselves if he really deserved his fame. It soon became apparent that the Cool Captain was strangely altered. To be sure, the opportunities for general conviviality were ...

— Sword and Gown - A Novel • George A. Lawrence

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