personally
Speaking for myself
Personally emphasizes individual involvement or perspective.
It can mean in person rather than through others: I'll deliver the message personally.
It also signals subjective opinion: Personally, I think it's a mistake.
To take something personally is to feel it as a direct affront: Don't take it personally—she's rude to everyone.
Restricted to certain parties
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- closeNearby or to shut
- heart-to-heartSincere personal discussion
- one-on-oneDirect, between two
candid · frank · off-the-record · direct · face-to-face · firsthand · disclosure · trust
Subjective personal belief
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- viewpointWay of seeing things
- beliefTrust held as true
- interpretationAssigned meaning
judgment · bias · perception · impression · standpoint · outlook · mindset · conviction
Who someone is
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- individualityUnique personal character
- selfhoodIndividual identity, personhood
- uniquenessQuality of being singular
independence · self-expression · distinctiveness · character · self-determination · self-reliance · idiosyncrasy · peculiarity
private
Restricted to certain parties
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- closeNearby or to shut
- heart-to-heartSincere personal discussion
one-on-one · candid · frank · off-the-record · direct · face-to-face · firsthand · disclosure · trust · openness
opinion
Subjective personal belief
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- viewpointWay of seeing things
- beliefTrust held as true
interpretation · judgment · bias · perception · impression · standpoint · outlook · mindset · conviction · sentiment
identity
Who someone is
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- individualityUnique personal character
- selfhoodIndividual identity, personhood
uniqueness · independence · self-expression · distinctiveness · character · self-determination · self-reliance · idiosyncrasy · peculiarity · temperament
insulted
Offended by disrespect
slighted · wounded · affronted · targeted · disrespected · aggrieved · stung · snubbed · belittled · upset
- sentence adverbsobviously, certainly, probably, possibly, perhaps
- I statementsI am, I feel, I think, I believe, I want
- mental adverbsmentally, cognitively, consciously, unconsciously, subconsciously
- filler wordsum, uh, er, hmm, ah
- fillersfiller, gap filler, filler material, caulk, grout
- hedgessomewhat, I think, slightly, I believe, fairly
personallyindirectly
Via intermediate means
vicariously · remotely · secondhand · distantly · impersonally
personallyobjectively
Based on facts, not feelings
impersonally · dispassionately · impartially · scientifically · neutrally
personallypublicly
In open view
openly · officially · on the record · in public · collectively
- personal spaceComfort distance around oneself
- personal essaysNonfiction exploring the author's life
- nothing personalDisclaimer before criticism
- personal rightsLegally protected individual freedoms
- personal computerIndividual-use computing machine
- personal lifeOne's non-professional existence
personal, personality, impersonal, personalize, personalized, personalization, personalizing, impersonally, nonpersonal