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personally

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per·son·al·ly  (pûrs-n-l)
adv.
1. Without the intervention of another; in person: I thanked them personally.
2. As far as oneself is concerned: Personally, I don't mind.
3. As a person: I admire his skill but dislike him personally.
4. In a personal manner: Don't take the disparaging remarks personally.

personally [ˈpɜːsənəlɪ]
adv
1. without the help or intervention of others I'll attend to it personally
2. (sentence modifier) in one's own opinion or as regards oneself personally, I hate onions
3. as if referring to oneself to take the insults personally
4. as a person we like him personally, but professionally he's incompetent
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.personally - as yourself; "speaking personally, I would not want to go"
2.personally - as a person; "he is personally repulsive"
3.personally - in a personal way; "he took her comments personally"
impersonally - without warmth; "he treated his patients impersonally"
4.personally - in the flesh; without involving anyone else; "I went there personally"; "he appeared in person"
5.personally - concerning the speaker; "personally, I find him stupid"

personally
adverb
1. in your opinion, for yourself, in your book, for your part, from your own viewpoint, in your own view Personally, I think it's a waste of time.
2. by yourself, alone, independently, solely, on your own, in person, in the flesh The minister will answer the allegations personally.
3. individually, specially, subjectively, individualistically This topic interests me personally.
4. privately, in private, off the record Personally he was quiet, modest and unobtrusive.
take something personally be insulted by, be offended by, take offence at, take umbrage at, feel insulted by, feel hurt by, stake something as an insult Don't take this rejection personally.
Translations
personally [ˈpɜːsnəlɪ] ADV
1. (= individually) → personalmente
personally I think thatpersonalmente creo que ...
I wasn't referring to you personallyno me estaba refiriendo a ti personalmente
I know her personallyla conozco personalmente
I hold you personally responsible for what has happened/for her safetylo declaro responsable personalmente de lo que ha ocurrido/de su seguridad
2. (= in person) → en persona, personalmente
the manager saw me personallyel gerente habló conmigo en persona or personalmente
3. (= unkindly) I didn't mean it personallyno pretendía ofenderte
don't take it too personallyno te lo tomes a mal

personally [ˈpɜːrsənəli] adv
[know, meet] → personnellement
I don't know him personally → Je ne le connais pas personnellement.
(in person)personnellement
to take sth personally [+ attack, criticism] → se sentir personnellement visé par qch
Don't take everything so personally. It was only a joke → Ne te sens pas visé constamment. Ce n'était qu'une plaisanterie.
(used as a sentence adverb)personnellement
Personally I don't agree → Personnellement, je ne suis pas d'accord.
personal organizer norganiseur m personnel
personal pronoun npronom m personnel
personal property nbiens mpl personnels
personal relationships nplrelations fpl personnelles
personal shopper n personne que l'on emploie pour faire les magasins
personal space nespace m vital
to invade sb's personal space → envahir l'espace vital de qn
personal stereo nwalkman® m, baladeur m
personal trainer nentraîneur m personnel
personal tuition ncours mpl particuliers

personally
advpersönlich; personally, I think that …ich persönlich bin der Meinung, dass …; I like him personally, but not as an employerich mag ihn als Mensch, aber nicht als Arbeitgeber; to be personally responsible (for something)persönlich (für etw) verantwortlich sein; to hold somebody personally responsiblejdn persönlich verantwortlich machen; to be personally involvedpersönlich or selbst beteiligt sein; to take something personallyetw persönlich nehmen

personally [ˈpɜːsnlɪ] adv
a. (for my part) → personalmente
I feel personally responsible → mi sento personalmente responsabile
personally I think that ... → personalmente penso che...
don't take it too personally → non prenderla come un'offesa or una critica personale
b. (in person) → personalmente, di persona
to hand sth over personally → consegnare qc di persona

personally [ˈpɜːsnlɪ] adv
a. (for my part) → personalmente
I feel personally responsible → mi sento personalmente responsabile
personally I think that ... → personalmente penso che...
don't take it too personally → non prenderla come un'offesa or una critica personale
b. (in person) → personalmente, di persona
to hand sth over personally → consegnare qc di persona

personally شخصياً osobně personligt persönlich προσωπικά personalmente henkilökohtaisesti personnellement osobno personalmente 直接自分で 개인적으로 persoonlijk personlig osobiście pessoalmente лично personligen โดยส่วนตัว kişisel olarak đích thân 亲自


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I never met anybody personally concerned in this affair, the interest of which for us was, of course, not the bad weather but the extraordinary complication brought into the ship's life at a moment of exceptional stress by the human element below her deck.
Perhaps I may venture to add that personally I find it advisable to pass hastily over the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and so gain as much time as possible for the nineteenth.
Personally, purely selfishly personally, I should be sorry to see you go.
 
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