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personly

personly adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of a person; personal; personlike. Also the alternative form of personally.

Adjective

personly (comparative more personly, superlative most personly)

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a person; personal; personlike.
    • 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...1975, The University bookman, a quarterly review - Volumes 16-20 - Page 59
    • 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...1984, The Panjab past and present - Volume 18 - Page 92

Also used as

personly is also the alternative form of personally.

Forms of personly

Adjective
comparativemore personly
superlativemost personly
Adverb
comparativemore personly
superlativemost personly

Origin of personly

From person + -ly. Compare Dutch persoonlijk (“personal”), German persönlich (“personal”), Swedish personlig (“personal”). See also personlike.

From person + -ly or as a variation or personally. Compare Middle English personely.

Questions about personly

What does personly mean?
Personly means of, relating to, or characteristic of a person; personal; personlike.
What part of speech is personly?
Personly is an adjective.

Words near personly in the dictionary

  1. personkind
  2. personkinds
  3. personless
  4. personlessness
  5. personlike
  6. personly
  7. personnal
  8. personned
  9. personnel
  10. personnel basket
  11. personnel baskets

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