Personally

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              He, being cited, personally came not. --Grafton.
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     2. With respect to an individual; as regards the person;
        individually; particularly.
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              She bore a mortal hatred to the house of Lancaster,
              and personally to the king.           --Bacon.
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     3. With respect to one's individuality; as regards one's
        self; as, personally I have no feeling in the matter.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  personally
       adv 1: as yourself; "speaking personally, I would not want to go"
       2: as a person; "he is personally repulsive"
       3: in a personal way; "he took her comments personally" [ant: {impersonally}]
       4: in the flesh; without involving anyone else; "I went there
          personally"; "he appeared in person" [syn: {in person}]
       5: concerning the speaker; "personally, I find him stupid"