Personally
['pɜːs(ə)n(ə)lɪ]
Definition
(adv.) as a person; 'he is personally repulsive'.
(adv.) in the flesh; without involving anyone else; 'I went there personally'; 'he appeared in person'.
(adv.) concerning the speaker; 'personally, I find him stupid'.
(adv.) in a personal way; 'he took her comments personally'.
(adv.) as yourself; 'speaking personally, I would not want to go'.
Edited by Ahmed--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a personal manner; by bodily presence; in person; not by representative or substitute; as, to deliver a letter personally.
(adv.) With respect to an individual; as regards the person; individually; particularly.
(adv.) With respect to one's individuality; as regards one's self; as, personally I have no feeling in the matter.
Edited by Kelsey
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. Individually, as to one's person.[2]. In person, by bodily presence.
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Examples
- Not personally, but I have heard of her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- As I read, however, I applied much personally to my own feelings and condition. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Since the close of the war I have come to know Colonel Mosby personally, and somewhat intimately. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mr. Raggles then retired and personally undertook the superintendence of the small shop and the greens. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I don't speak of your lover--I will give you the benefit of the doubt in that matter, for it only affects me personally. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was after this that Loerke, who had never yet spoken to her personally, began to ask her of her state. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I felt apprehensive that I was personally interested in this dialogue, and sought Mr. Murdstone's eye as it lighted on mine. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Quite a number of these prisoners I had been personally acquainted with before the war. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is like you personally. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I have communicated, both personally and by letter, with the club,' resumed Mr. Pickwick, 'acquainting them with my intention. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I put the question personally, but there's nothing personal in it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She is a nice plump young lass, and it is customary with me to adopt that manner of showing that I personally approve of a girl. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I said that he was no stranger to her personally, for she had seen him often in his kind attendance on Miss Flite. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In September, 1845, he gave the results to Chal lis, who wrote to Airy on the 22d of that month that Adams sought an opportunity to submit the so lution personally to the Astronomer Royal. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I came personally, Mr. Holmes, in order to insure that you would return with me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Personally,' said Mr Rugg, 'I have no opinion on the topic. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I love to look at her; and I will add this praise, that I do not think her personally vain. Jane Austen. Emma.
- If you allow yourself to doubt that my husband was Anne's father, you personally insult me in the grossest manner. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Men must observe for themselves, and form their own theories and personally test them. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Mr. Luker has himself personally identified the box, the seal, and the inscription. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Do what you think right for my interests, and consider me as having personally withdrawn from the business until it is all over. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Perhaps he is not wholly responsible personally for this state of affairs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Here an adventure befell me, in which (incredible as it may appear) you are personally interested. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I view you, sir, personally and politically, in no other light than as a most unparalleled and unmitigated viper. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I--ha--I personally repel it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He was also personally familiar with the ground, so that I deferred very much to him in my plans for the approach. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Not personally, Esther, said Miss Donny; merely through his solicitors, Messrs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This loom was personally inspected by Napoleon, who rewarded the inventor with honours and a pension. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Where any interests of hers are concerned, I represent my partner personally, as well as professionally. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Miss Letitia Hawky, on the other hand, is not personally well-favoured. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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