pers.

Adjective

personal (comparative more personal, superlative most personal)

1. Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).
2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals
   • personal values; personal desire
3. Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.
   • personal reasons
4. (euphemistic) Intended for sexual use.
   • personal lubricant; personal massager
5. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; bodily.
   • personal charms
6. Done in person; without an intermediary.
   • a personal interview

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Adverb

personally (comparative more personally, superlative most personally)

1. In a personal manner.
2. In person.
   • 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...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
3. Concerning oneself.
   • I'm really annoyed with her, personally.
4. As a person.
   • I like you personally, but as a colleague you have yet to do well.