adv
Meaning 1
In a personal manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
personally
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.li/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːs.nə.li/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.sən.li/
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Berkshire Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Canada, General-American: /ˈpɝ.sə.nə.li/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈpɝs.nə.li/
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Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian: /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.li/
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Australian: /ˈpɜːs.nə.li/
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Australian: /ˈpɜː.sən.li/
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New-Zealand: /ˈpøː.sə.nə.li/
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New-Zealand: /ˈpøːs.nə.li/
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New-Zealand: /ˈpøː.sən.li/
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CMU ARPABET: P ER1 S AH0 N AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: P ER1 S AH0 N L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 3: P ER1 S N AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
In person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
Concerning oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I'm really annoyed with her, personally.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 4
As a person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I like you personally, but as a colleague you have yet to do well.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
as a person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he is personally repulsive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 6
in the flesh; without involving anyone else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I went there personally
- he appeared in person
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: in person
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 7
concerning the speaker
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- personally, I find him stupid
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 8
in a personal way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he took her comments personally
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: impersonally
adverb
Meaning 9
as yourself
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- speaking personally, I would not want to go
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English personally, personely, personallich, personaliche, equivalent to personal + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: лично (lično) — in a personal manner
- Catalan: personalment — in a personal manner
- Estonian: isiklikult — in a personal manner
- Finnish: persoonallisesti — in a personal manner
- Finnish: henkilökohtaisesti — in a personal manner
- French: personnellement — in a personal manner
- Hungarian: (személyes) sértésnek/sértésként — in a personal manner
- Hungarian: magára (vesz) — in a personal manner
- Italian: personalmente — in a personal manner
- Polish: osobiście — in a personal manner
- Portuguese: pessoalmente — in a personal manner
- Russian: ли́чно (líčno) — in a personal manner
- Russian: персона́льно (personálʹno) — in a personal manner
- Spanish: personalmente — in a personal manner
- Armenian: անձամբ (anjamb) — in person
- Bulgarian: лично (lično) — in person
- Catalan: personalment — in person
- Danish: personligt — in person
- Dutch: eigenhandig — in person
- Estonian: isiklikult — in person
- Estonian: ise — in person
- Finnish: henkilökohtaisesti — in person
- French: personnellement — in person
- Galician: persoalmente — in person
- Galician: en persoa — in person
- German: persönlich — in person
- German: personaliter — in person
- Hungarian: személyesen — in person
- Italian: come persona — in person
- Portuguese: pessoalmente — in person
- Russian: ли́чно (líčno) — in person
- Russian: персона́льно (personálʹno) — in person
- Arabic: شَخْصِيًّا (šaḵṣiyyan) — concerning oneself
- Catalan: personalment — concerning oneself
- Danish: personlig — concerning oneself
- Finnish: henkilökohtaisesti — concerning oneself
- French: personnellement — concerning oneself
- Galician: persoalmente — concerning oneself
- German: persönlich — concerning oneself
- German: personaliter — concerning oneself
- Hungarian: személy szerint — concerning oneself
- Hungarian: ami engem/téged illet — concerning oneself
- Hungarian: ami őt/önt illeti — concerning oneself
- Norwegian Bokmål: personlig — concerning oneself
- Norwegian Nynorsk: personleg — concerning oneself
- Polish: osobiście — concerning oneself
- Portuguese: pessoalmente — concerning oneself
- Russian: ли́чно (líčno) — concerning oneself
- Spanish: personalmente — concerning oneself
- Bulgarian: лично (lično) — as a person
- Catalan: personalment — as a person
- Danish: som person — as a person
- Finnish: henkilönä — as a person
- Hungarian: mint ember — as a person
- Hungarian: emberileg — as a person
- Portuguese: pessoalmente — as a person
- Russian: ли́чно (líčno) — as a person
- Russian: персона́льно (personálʹno) — as a person
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