noun
- A short newspaper article about a particular person or group.
adjective
- Concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality.
- usage: "a personal favor"; "for your personal use"; "personal papers"; "I have something personal to tell you"; "a personal God"; "he has his personal bank account and she has hers"
- Particular to a given individual.
- Of or arising from personality.
- usage: "personal magnetism"
- Intimately concerning a person's body or physical being.
- usage: "personal hygiene"
- Indicating grammatical person.
- usage: "personal verb endings"
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