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in person

ADVERB
directly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
candidly honestly openly personally
WEAK
literally plainly point-blank truthfully unequivocally verbatim without prevarication word for word
Antonyms
WEAK
indirectly
ADVERB
personally
Synonyms
STRONGEST
directly individually privately
WEAK
alone by oneself for one's part for oneself in one's own view in the flesh individualistically narrowly on one's own solely specially subjectively
Antonyms
WEAK
generally objectively

Example Sentences

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He took a drive over to his competitor’s store to check it out, finding it not very busy in person.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Yet in person, the dealership hardly looks like a sales juggernaut.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

And I knew that was the dumbest thing I could have ever done, because I’ve never met her in person.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Even with England, the biggest crowd-pullers, playing three away games, the cumulative attendance record was smashed with 279,760 watching in person, beating 188,182 in 2024.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

But seeing him in person now is unsettling beyond comparison.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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