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The uses of personally illustrated by The decision was made by the president personally (= by the president and no one else) and He took the criticism personally (= in a personal manner) are unexceptionable. Doubts arise when personally is used to mean 'for myself, for my part', as in Personally, I don't approve of such behaviour. This use is best restricted to informal contexts. In many cases it can be simply omitted, or replaced by for my part.

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adv

Definition: independently
Antonyms: generally, objectively

IN BRIEF: adv. - As an individual; Concerning the speaker; As yourself.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried upon him personally. — Abraham Lincoln, Source: Speech to One Hundred Fortieth Indiana Regiment, March 17, 1865

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - personligt

idioms:

• take something personally    tage noget personligt

Nederlands (Dutch)
persoonlijk, in persoonlijke gedaante, wat mij betreft iets persoonlijk nemen

Français (French)
adv. - personnellement

idioms:

• take something personally    se sentir visé personnellement par qch

Deutsch (German)
adv. - persönlich

idioms:

• take something personally    etwas persönlich nehmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - προσωπικά/-ώς, αυτοπροσώπως

idioms:

• take something personally    παίρνω κάτι προσωπικά

Italiano (Italian)
personalmente, individualmente, in confidenza

idioms:

• take something personally    offendersi

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - pessoalmente

idioms:

• take something personally    levar algo para o campo pessoal, doer-se de

Русский (Russian)
лично, индивидуально, с глазу на глаз

idioms:

• take something personally    принимать на свой счет

Español (Spanish)
adv. - personalmente, a la mano, en privado

idioms:

• take something personally    darse por aludido, ofenderse

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - personligen, i egen person, för egen del

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
自己, 以个人, 亲自地

idioms:

• take something personally    针对个人地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 自己, 以個人, 親自地

idioms:

• take something personally    針對個人地

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 친히, 개인적으로, 자기만은

idioms:

• take something personally    ~의 비난에 화가 나다

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 自分自身で, 自分としては, 個人的に, プライベートに, 人間として

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) بشخصه, شخصيا, قائم بذاته يحمل الكلام على محمل شخصي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮אישית, באופן אישי‬

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