EGAVE

personal

About 121.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).
  2. adjective Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals
    personal values; personal desire
  3. adjective 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. adjective Intended for sexual use.
    personal lubricant; personal massager
  5. adjective Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; bodily.
    personal charms
  6. adjective Done in person; without an intermediary.
    a personal interview
  7. adjective Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner
    personal reflections or remarks
  8. adjective 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.

Similar words

subjective intimate individualized personalized private own face-to-face individual person-to-person physical

Often followed by

and property communication experience life income or interest relationships

Word family

personals

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