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personally en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɜːs.nə.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpøː.sən.li/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈpøː.sə.nə.li/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈpɜː.sən.li/ (Australia)
• audio Berkshire
• /ˈpɝs.nə.li/ (Canada, General-American)
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• /ˈpɜː.sən.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpɝ.sə.nə.li/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.li/ (Australia)
• /ˈpɜːs.nə.li/ (Australia)
• /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpøːs.nə.li/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English personally, personely, personallich, personaliche, equivalent to personal + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a personal manner.
2. In person.
   • Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
   • 'There's a boy here who wants to speak to Miss Clara personally,' he announced. 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 84:
3. Concerning oneself.
   • Personally I felt shy and uncomfortable at this obsequious adoration, and I read the same feeling in the faces of Roxton and Summerlee, but Challenger expanded like a flower in the sun. 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
   • I'm really annoyed with her, personally.
4. As a person.
   • I like you personally, but as a colleague you have yet to do well.

Forms

Deriveds

personally attack · nonpersonally · take personally · fursonally

Translations (58)

ca personalment (in person) · ru ли́чно (in person) · pt pessoalmente (in a personal manner) · hu magára (vesz) (in a personal manner) · hu személy szerint (concerning oneself) · hu (személyes) sértésnek/sértésként (in a personal manner) · fi henkilökohtaisesti (in person) · pl osobiście (concerning oneself) · bg лично (in a personal manner) · de personaliter (concerning oneself) · ca personalment (in a personal manner) · fi henkilökohtaisesti (in a personal manner) · fr personnellement (concerning oneself) · it come persona (in person) · pt pessoalmente (concerning oneself) · hu személyesen (in person) · ca personalment (as a person) · bg лично (as a person) · gl persoalmente (concerning oneself) · nb personlig (concerning oneself) · pl osobiście (in a personal manner) · ca personalment (concerning oneself) · fi persoonallisesti (in a personal manner) · ru персона́льно (in person) · fi henkilökohtaisesti (concerning oneself) · da som person (as a person) · it personalmente (in a personal manner) · ru персона́льно (in a personal manner) · es personalmente (in a personal manner) · et isiklikult (in person) · pt pessoalmente (in person) · hu ami engem/téged illet (concerning oneself) · ru ли́чно (as a person) · nn personleg (concerning oneself) · gl en persoa (in person) · ru ли́чно (concerning oneself) · hy անձամբ (in person) · de persönlich (in person) · fr personnellement (in a personal manner) · de persönlich (concerning oneself) · nl eigenhandig (in person) · gl persoalmente (in person) · da personligt (in person) · fi henkilönä (as a person) · hu emberileg (as a person) · ar شَخْصِيًّا (concerning oneself) · fr personnellement (in person) · pt pessoalmente (as a person) · ru ли́чно (in a personal manner) · ru персона́льно (as a person) · et ise (in person) · bg лично (in person) · et isiklikult (in a personal manner) · da personlig (concerning oneself) · hu mint ember (as a person) · de personaliter (in person) · es personalmente (concerning oneself) · hu ami őt/önt illeti (concerning oneself)