IN PERSON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in person mean? 

• IN PERSON (adverb)
  The adverb IN PERSON has 1 sense:

1. in the flesh; without involving anyone else

  Familiarity information: IN PERSON used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN PERSON (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In the flesh; without involving anyone else

Synonyms:

in person; personally

Context example:

he appeared in person

 Context examples 

In person, she was inferior to both sisters, and had, even in her bloom, only reached the dignity of being "a fine girl."

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Though spoken low, she could distinguish, “What! Always to be watched, in person or by proxy!”

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

“No, indeed,” cried Emma, most happy to begin, “not in the least. I am particularly glad to see and shake hands with you—and to give you joy in person.”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

But here she comes in person to resolve our doubts.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Would Mr. Summerlee serve on such a committee and test his story in person?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“To answer it in person, however inconvenient the journey,” pursued Mr. Murdstone, “rather than by letter. This unhappy boy who has run away from his friends and his occupation—”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The emperor himself, in person, did me the honour to be by at the whole ceremony.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

But whether I should write this apology, or deliver it in person, was a point of long debate.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Colonel Fitzwilliam, who led the way, was about thirty, not handsome, but in person and address most truly the gentleman.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Why, this is the mischief in person.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)