| 1 |
[ adverb ] as yourself
Examples "speaking personally, I would not want to go" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Daniel personally led the fight for the measure , which he had watered_down considerably since its rejection by two previous Legislatures , in a public hearing before the House_Committee_on_Revenue_and_Taxation . The bill , which Daniel said he drafted personally , would force banks , insurance_firms , pipeline_companies and other corporations to report such property to the state_treasurer . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)Skeptics may deny the more startling phenomena of dreams as things they have never personally observed , but failure to wonder at their basic mystery is outright avoidance of routine evidence . (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)There were rumors that the Ministry_of_the_Interior favored an arbitrary , `` non-political '' process , which were indirectly affirmed when the King personally intervened in the planned meetings . |
| 2 |
[ adverb ] as a person
Examples "he is personally repulsive" Used in print (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)She was personally sloppy , and when she had colds would blow her nose in the same handkerchief all day and keep it , soaking wet , dangling from her waist , and when she gardened she would eat dinner with dirt on her calves . |
| 3 |
[ adverb ] in a personal way
Examples "he took her comments personally" Used in print (Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)I must confess that I prefer the Liberal who is personally affected , who is willing to send his own children to a mixed school as proof of his faith . I 'm talking_about the grand manner of the Liberal - North and South - who is not affected personally . Related terms |
| 4 |
[ adverb ] in the flesh; without involving anyone else
Synonyms Examples "I went there personally" "he appeared in person" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)Instead of admonishing him to let the weights alone they personally took him to that master Montreal bodybuilding authority , Professor_Roland_Claude . |
| 5 |
[ adverb ] concerning the speaker
Examples "personally, I find him stupid" Used in print (Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)An item in the letters column of a newspaper renewed a subscription , adding : `` I personally enjoy your newspaper as_much_as my husband '' . |
| * |
|