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Webster 1913 Edition


Personally

Per′son-al-ly

,
adv.
1.
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.
Grafton.
2.
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.
Bacon.
3.
With respect to one’s individuality; as regards one's self;
as,
personally
I have no feeling in the matter
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Personally

PER'SONALLY

,
adv.
In person; by bodily presence; not by representative or substitute; as, to be personally present; to deliver a letter personally. They personally declared their assent to the measure.
1.
With respect to an individual; particularly.
She bore a mortal hatred to the house of Lancaster, and personally to the king.
2.
With regard to numerical existence.
The converted man is personally the same he was before.

Definition 2024


personally

personally

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Adverb

personally (comparative more personally, superlative most personally)

  1. In a personal manner.
  2. In person.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 19, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      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.
  3. Concerning oneself.
    Personally, I think that 
  4. As a person.
    I like you personally, but as a colleague you are useless.

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