personally

take (something) personally

To be offended, upset, or negatively affected by something at a personal level; to consider something as being a direct, personal attack against oneself. Don't take his comments personally—he's that hard on everyone in the office. I know these comments are all from anonymous people on the internet that I'll never meet, but it's still hard not to take them personally. I'm just afraid that all these people we're not inviting to the wedding will take it personally.
See also: personally, take
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

take something personally

to interpret a remark as if it were mean or critical about oneself. Don't take it personally, but you really need a haircut. I want to tell you something, but please don't take it personally.
See also: personally, take
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

take something ˈpersonally

feel personally offended by somebody’s general remark, etc: I was talking about people having smelly socks, and I’m afraid Mike took it personally. Look, don’t take this personally, Sue, but there are several people in this office who are not working hard enough.
See also: personally, something, take
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • take (something) personally
  • take personally
  • take something personally
  • oversharer
  • get (oneself) across
  • get across
  • put (oneself) across
  • put across
  • personal
  • (it's) nothing personal
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The participants were directed to review security arrangements for foreign projects by personally visiting the sites and taking measures in professional manner in consultation with the special branch.
de Lima manifests her utmost intent to personally appear before the Supreme Court in her capacity as one of the petitioners in this case, and to participate in the oral arguments set on July 24, 2018, as announced in the media, and any possible subsequent dates that the Court may determine,' it added.
'But if they could not personally come in the office or in any of the agency's kiosks, they should inform us and write a letter request with complete address and sketch of their address so we will be the ones that would visit to the pensioner,' Vega said.
The usage rate of personally owned tablets lags behind that of personally owned smartphones.
"So I didn't take it personally because I had nothing to do with those rumours or situation."
(3) Ensure that personally identifiable information is accurate, relevant, timely, and complete for the purposes for which it is to be used.
Shahbaz Sharif personally distributed relief items and food hampers among affectees.
Vice President Jejomar Binay claims he personally updates his 81,000 and 159,000 followers on Twitter and Facebook, respectively, about his work and personal life.
Personally, I worked until I was 70 and my company entered us in it's own pension scheme with the opportunity to also allow the individual to make added contributions to enhance the pension on retiring which I took advantage of, only to find on retiring I pay tax on my pension nearly to the penny of the contribution I paid while working.
Brussels, Shawwal 26, 1434, Sep 2, 2013, SPA -- NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he was "personally convinced" that the Syrian regime was responsible for using chemical weapons against its people, according to dpa.
I have said thank you to some personally but would like Gordon (sorry don't know your second name) to get in touch with me so I can thank him personally for being a great help and for calling an ambulance.
Remain in the loop: Business owners would be well served to personally receive all incoming mail, stamp each check on the back with deposit information, and match daily check receipts with daily deposit totals.
Corporate Resource Services Inc (OTCBB:CRRS), a diversified staffing, recruiting and consulting services firm, has completed its acquisition of Personally Yours Staffing Inc, the company declared on Wednesday.
Summary: Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge visited Team GB House on Friday to personally thank Olympic volunteers.