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personally
[ pur-suh-nl-ee ]
/ ˈpɜr sə nl i /
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personally
/ (ˈpɜːsənəlɪ) /
adverb
without the help or intervention of othersI'll attend to it personally
(sentence modifier) in one's own opinion or as regards oneselfpersonally, I hate onions
as if referring to oneselfto take the insults personally
as a personwe like him personally, but professionally he's incompetent
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