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personally

personally

548 2.8
Someone does it themselves rather than using others
  • adverb
  • /ˈpɜrsənəli/
translation icon : personalmente
  • I will do the transfer personally.
  • personally supervised
  • personally met
  • personally involved

Having work with her personally, I can tell you she's right.

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Examples

  • Teachers, however, have a responsibility, both personally and professionally, to explain their actions as teachers.

    Academic text (1991)

  • But, you know, I personally want to keep it.

  • How much influence or control do you have personally in how this change happens?

    Tim Ferriss

  • The president will be addressing the nation and all of you personally within the hour.

    Armageddon (1998)

  • At this point, I personally feel they're wrong.

  • I'm surprised at just how important social media have become to me personally and professionally.

    Academic text (2011)

  • We thus experienced our Peace Corps villages personally as well as professionally.

    Academic text (2008)

  • In spite of his bizarre political activities, Jordan was personally a shy and kind man.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Actually, I'm here, because I just wanted to tell you both personally what a pleasure it's been having Raul in my class this semester.

    Dangerous Minds (1995)

  • I want to address this issue personally to ensure everything is handled correctly.

Synonyms

in person
vspersonally
271 1.6

To be present at a place rather than by phone or online

is about being directly involved or doing it oneself rather than via others

Antonyms

impersonally
1 6.1

In a way that shows no personal warmth or feeling

How Direct

personally
548 2.8
in person
271 1.6
indirectly
78 4.2

Surface Forms

personally positive

Morphology

personally = personal (transparent) = person + al + ly

Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'personal', so the manner meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

Personally comes from the Latin word persona, which meant a 'mask' that actors wore and later came to mean an individual person, and the ending -ly makes it a word that shows how something is done. So to do something personally is to do it 'by the person themselves' or to be directly involved.