personally

[ pur-suh-nl-ee ]

/ ˈpɜr sə nl i /

through direct contact; in person; directly: I will thank him personally.

as if intended for or directed at one's own person: to take someone's comments personally.

as regards oneself: Personally, I don't care to go.

as an individual: to like someone personally, but not as an employer.

Origin of personally

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at personal, -ly

“Personally, I deal with manners of righteousness and God,” he says.

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Again, I do not know House Majority Whip Scalise or President Obama personally.

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I am personally guilty of thinking that the culture war can be at least partially won on style points.

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As for whether or not Anschutz will personally address the international Interview affair?

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I personally knew of fights that went on between Bobby and Robyn during that time.

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Personally, there is nothing I should like better than an opportunity for holding the chateau against an attack from the French.

Under the Meteor Flag |Harry Collingwood
Personally, he was a striking contrast to the little, haggard and wrinkled Tilly and the dark, silent and gloomy Wallenstein.

A History of Germany |Bayard Taylor
Personally he was most attractive, charming in his manners beyond the average man, a fine linguist, and a brave man.

Nathan Hale |Jean Christie Root
Personally any Social Democrat may believe as he pleases and do as he pleases.

Socialism and Democracy in Europe |Samuel P. Orth
Personally I prefer the habits of India to those of Egypt concerning the departed.

A Labrador Doctor |Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

personally

/ (ˈpɜːsənəlɪ) /

without the help or intervention of others I'll attend to it personally

(sentence modifier) in one's own opinion or as regards oneself personally, I hate onions

as if referring to oneself to take the insults personally

as a person we like him personally, but professionally he's incompetent