as in immediately
in person and usually privately
the hostess told me personally that I was invited
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Recent Examples of personally
Unlike private companies, board members of tax-exempt charitable nonprofits cannot personally enrich themselves by taking a share of earnings.
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Alnoor Ebrahim, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2026
The pilot of the ski-jumping drone, Exarchos said, is a ski jumper who knows most of the athletes personally.
—Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The chef personally presents a nine-course seasonal tasting menu that is a can’t-miss event.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Ever since splitting with her third husband, Realtor Josh Hall, in 2024, Haack has been on a roll, personally and professionally.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
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Alnoor Ebrahim, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2026
The pilot of the ski-jumping drone, Exarchos said, is a ski jumper who knows most of the athletes personally.
—Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
The chef personally presents a nine-course seasonal tasting menu that is a can’t-miss event.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Ever since splitting with her third husband, Realtor Josh Hall, in 2024, Haack has been on a roll, personally and professionally.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for personally
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Meyer, an at-times combative career litigator, was brought in from the NHL Players Association in 2018 to add muscle to a bargaining team that was viewed as having surrendered ground in the negotiations for the 2017-2021 CBA, which was almost immediately panned as a loss for the players.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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McKinnor didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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As the New York Times reported the day before the company showed off its Blue Jay robot, Amazon is secretly looking to eventually replace more than 600,000 jobs with robots.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
19 Feb. 2026
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Hogan and his men secretly functioned as an espionage and sabotage operation, successfully manipulating the inept Germans over the course of 168 episodes.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Personally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personally. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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