personally

• personly

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɜːsnəli/

personally (comparative more personally, superlative most personally)

1. In a personal manner.
2. In person.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 19, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     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.

   • 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 84:

     'There's a boy here who wants to speak to Miss Clara personally,' he announced.

3. Concerning oneself.

   Personally, I think that …

4. As a person.

   I like you personally, but as a colleague you are useless.