impersonally
In distant manner
Impersonally describes doing something without personal feeling, individual character, or direct human connection.
A bureaucrat who treats applicants impersonally follows procedures without warmth.
A letter written impersonally avoids the first person or any sense of the writer's personality.
The word often implies coldness or detachment, though sometimes neutrality is the goal.
Emotionally withdrawn, uninviting
- unemotionalLacking outward feeling
- coldlyWithout emotional warmth
- distantlyIn a far-off manner
- indifferentlyWithout preference or concern
dispassionately · uninvolved · apathetically · unfeelingly · insensitively · nonchalantly · stoically · passively
By careful systematic reasoning
- impartiallyWithout taking sides
- neutrallyWithout favoring either side
- dispassionatelyWithout emotional involvement
- scientificallyBy systematic investigation
clinically · factually · systematically · rationally · logically · empirically · even-handedly · fairly
With authorized sanction
- bureaucraticallyIn administrative procedural fashion
- institutionallyBy formal systems
- professionallyIn expert, work-standard fashion
- businesslikePractical and methodical
ceremonially · stiffly · rigidly · by the book · administratively · systematically · procedurally · perfunctorily
aloof
Emotionally withdrawn, uninviting
- unemotionalLacking outward feeling
- coldlyWithout emotional warmth
- distantlyIn a far-off manner
indifferently · dispassionately · uninvolved · apathetically · unfeelingly · insensitively · nonchalantly · stoically · passively · remotely
analytically
By careful systematic reasoning
- impartiallyWithout taking sides
- neutrallyWithout favoring either side
- dispassionatelyWithout emotional involvement
scientifically · clinically · factually · systematically · rationally · logically · empirically · even-handedly · fairly · equitably
officially
With authorized sanction
- bureaucraticallyIn administrative procedural fashion
- institutionallyBy formal systems
- professionallyIn expert, work-standard fashion
businesslike · ceremonially · stiffly · rigidly · by the book · administratively · systematically · procedurally · perfunctorily · routinely
impersonallypersonally
As an individual matter
intimately · individually · one-on-one · familiarly · directly
impersonallywarmly
With affection shown
affectionately · lovingly · tenderly · cordially · caringly
impersonallyintimately
In a private, personal manner
informally · casually · familiarly · friendlily · chummily