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Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).
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Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals
- personal values; personal desire
- Her song was her personal look at the values of friendship.
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Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.
- personal reasons
- You can't read my diary—it is personal.
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Intended for sexual use.euphemistic
- personal lubricant; personal massager
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Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; bodily.
- personal charms
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Done in person; without an intermediary.
- a personal interview
- a personal meeting
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Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner
- personal reflections or remarks
- Only factual argumentation, no need to get personal.
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Of a noun or pronoun, having reference particular to humans and other entities having personality such as a named animal, a deity, a personification, etc.
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Related to grammatical first, second, etc. persons.
- a personal pronoun
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Denoting ownership.
- one's personal vehicle, as opposed to a company vehicle
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An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests.in-plural
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One's own property or asset
- 1748, Tobias Smollett (translator), Alain-René Lesage (original), The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane In addition to this, a coarse shirt quite new, a pair of my father's shoes quite old, and, what rejoiced me more than all the rest, a