personally
adv/ˈpɜː.sə.nə.li/UK/ˈpɝ.sə.nə.li/US
Etymology
From Middle English personally, personely, personallich, personaliche, equivalent to personal + -ly.
- inherited from personally
Definitions
In a personal manner.
In person.
- 'There's a boy here who wants to speak to Miss Clara personally,' he announced.
Concerning oneself.
- I'm really annoyed with her, personally.
- Personally I felt shy and uncomfortable at this obsequious adoration, and I read the same feeling in the faces of Roxton and Summerlee, but Challenger expanded like a flower in the sun.
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As a person.
- I like you personally, but as a colleague you have yet to do well.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at personally. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at personally. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at personally
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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