How do you pronounce personally?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɝ.sə.nə.li/.

Where does personally come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

personally

/ˈpɝ.sə.nə.li/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

Syllables: per-son-al-ly
IPA: /ˈpɝ.sə.nə.li/

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Meaning

adv

In a personal manner.

adv

In person.

adv

Concerning oneself.

adv

As a person.

Example Sentences

"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."
"'There's a boy here who wants to speak to Miss Clara personally,' he announced."
"I'm really annoyed with her, personally."
"Personally I felt shy and uncomfortable at this obsequious adoration, and I read the same feeling in the faces of Roxton and Summerlee, but Challenger expanded like a flower in the sun."
"I like you personally, but as a colleague you have yet to do well."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: personally

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɝ.sə.nə.li/
British English: /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.li/

Inflected Forms

more personally (comparative) most personally (superlative) personly (alternative)

Derived Forms

fursonally nonpersonally

Phrases

personally attack take personally

Synonyms

in person