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| personally |
If a famous actress answers her fan letters personally, it means that she answers her letters herself and doesn't have anybody else do it for her. If you deliver some flowers to your sick friend personally, you bring them to your friend's house yourself. You don't ask a delivery service or someone else to bring them. [3 definitions] |
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When you know someone well, you know a lot about them, and you might know some private things about them too. When you know someone well, you know them from talking to them personally. Your knowledge is not from reading about them or hearing things from other people. [1/8 definitions] |
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