Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PER'SON-AL-LY, adv.

1. In person; by bodily presence; not by representative or substitute; as, to be personally present; to deliver a letter personally. They personally declared their assent to the measure.
2. With respect to an individual; particularly. She bore a mortal hatred to the house of Lancaster, and personally to the king. – Bacon.
3. With regard to numerical existence. The converted man is personally the same he was before. – Rogers.