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personally

  • /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.li/ Australia, UK
  • /ˈpɜːs.nə.li/ Australia, UK
  • /ˈpɜː.sən.li/ Australia, UK
  • [ˈpɜː.sn̩.li] Australia, UK
  • /ˈpɝ.sə.nə.li/ Canada, US
  • /ˈpɝs.nə.li/ Canada, US
  • /ˈpøː.sə.nə.li/ New Zealand
  • /ˈpøːs.nə.li/ New Zealand
  • /ˈpøː.sən.li/ New Zealand
  • [ˈpøː.sn̩.li] New Zealand

Where it comes from

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

adverb more personally · most personally · personly

  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 d
  3. Concerning oneself. 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: in person, personal, physically, even, intimately, directly, firsthand, individually, ben, face-to-face, privately, person, individual, single-handedly, personnel, staff

Translations

Every language

adv in a personal manner

Españolpersonalmente
Portuguêspessoalmente
Françaispersonnellement
Italianopersonalmente
Русскийли́чно líčno, персона́льно personálʹno

adv in person

Portuguêspessoalmente
Françaispersonnellement
Deutschpersönlich, personaliter
Italianocome persona
Русскийли́чно líčno, персона́льно personálʹno

adv concerning oneself

Españolpersonalmente
Portuguêspessoalmente
Françaispersonnellement
Deutschpersönlich, personaliter
Русскийли́чно líčno
العربيةشَخْصِيًّا šaḵṣiyyan

adv as a person

Portuguêspessoalmente
Русскийли́чно líčno, персона́льно personálʹno

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Chicago

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BibTeX
@misc{personally_2026,
  title = {personally},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/personally},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}