Personally

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɜːsnÉ™li/

Alternative forms

• personly

Origin

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

Full definition of personally

Adverb

1. In a personal manner.
2. In person.
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 19, 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 doing billets.
3. Concerning oneself.
   Personally, I think that …
4. As a person.
   I like you personally, but as a colleague you are useless.