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
Passanisi told the zoning commission that children’s safety was paramount to him personally.
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Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2026
The Timberwolves are taking everything personally.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
In a raw personal essay, released on Friday, April 24, on Substack, the 34-year-old spoke personally about unexpectedly losing his parents last December.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Back on the boy-toy front, Deborah’s PR stunt backfires both personally and professionally.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
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Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2026
The Timberwolves are taking everything personally.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
In a raw personal essay, released on Friday, April 24, on Substack, the 34-year-old spoke personally about unexpectedly losing his parents last December.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Back on the boy-toy front, Deborah’s PR stunt backfires both personally and professionally.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for personally
Recent Examples of Synonyms for personally
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The hit was outsourced to a hulking Estonian assassin, Imre (the Butcher) Arakas, who arrived at Dublin Airport on April 3, 2017, and was immediately tailed by officers from the An Garda Síochána’s Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, who arrested him the next day.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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Employees were immediately forced to pay about 40% of the cost of their monthly premiums.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly ordered the Israeli military to send an Iron Dome interceptor battery - and soldiers to operate it - to the UAE after a call with President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a move that demonstrates just how far ties have come.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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The latest lawsuit claims that a woman was a member of the swim school in 2023 when she was secretly recorded in the changing room.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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“Personally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personally. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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