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Personly

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a person; personal; personlike..

Definitions by Sense

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a person; personal; personlike.
  2. (nonstandard) Alternative form of personally.

Example Sentences

Teachers and students alike have chosen the purified and enriched over the old prejudice-encrusted diction. They find that liberated English not only strikes a personly blow against fascism and obscurantism, but also that the slight difficulties created by the new forms are more than compensated for by their simple elegance.
The author has not recorded when he wrote the original account. But from the text, which is expressly based on the personly information of the author and that of other reliable persons mentioned therein, it may be presumed that the narrative was put down soon after the actual happenings—some time between 1845 and 1846 A.D.
Chins Up! Be Personly!
If the executor or administrator resides without the county, absconds or conceals himself, so that citation cannot be personly served, and shall neglect to render an account within thirty days after having been committed, …
Personly I will not express no opinion as some of my best friends is umpires, but will merely state that I started out of the press box the instant it was over and by the aid of a powerful candle which I genally^([sic]) always carry to world serious games [...]
Speaking for myself personly I never felt better in my life and you know what that means Al.
I dont^([sic]) know how bad his irons will have to get before he will think they have went^([sic]) wrong on him but personly if I made some of the tee shots he made today I would certainly consider some kind of change of weppons.^([sic])

Synonyms for personly

Antonyms for personly

Related Words

personalpersonologicalselflikepersonalisticselflyfirst-personalphenotypicparentlyclientlyonomasticresidentialphenotypicalrespectivespiritlyproprietaryimpersonalisticproprietorialproperparticularselfsome

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What does personly mean?

Personly means Of, relating to, or characteristic of a person; personal; personlike..

What is a synonym for personly?

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What is the opposite of personly?

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How do you use personly in a sentence?

Teachers and students alike have chosen the purified and enriched over the old prejudice-encrusted diction. They find that liberated English not only strikes a personly blow against fascism and obscurantism, but also that the slight difficulties created by the new forms are more than compensated for by their simple elegance.

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