IMPERSONALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impersonally mean? 

• IMPERSONALLY (adverb)
  The adverb IMPERSONALLY has 2 senses:

1. without warmth

2. in an impersonal manner

  Familiarity information: IMPERSONALLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPERSONALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without warmth

Context example:

he treated his patients impersonally

Antonym:

personally (in a personal way)

Pertainym:

impersonal (not relating to or responsive to individual persons)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In an impersonal manner

Context example:

when I told him about Russ I found it difficult to speak impersonally

Pertainym:

impersonal (having no personal preference)

 Context examples 

She held my hand impersonally, as a promise that she'd take care of me in a minute, and gave ear to two girls in twin yellow dresses who stopped at the foot of the steps.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)