impersonally C1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings Freq #190140 Meanings 1 adv In a cold or distant way, without showing personal feeling. The doctors treated their patients impersonally, rarely learning their names. Etymology AI details From impersonal + -ly. Topics Emotions & Feelings Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # impersonally **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adv **Frequency rank:** 190140 ## Meanings 1. In a cold or distant way, without showing personal feeling. ## Examples - The doctors treated their patients impersonally, rarely learning their names. ## Etymology From impersonal + -ly. ## AI Etymology Impersonally is from impersonal + -ly. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adverbial form is built from the named base and affix. In present-day use, it means in a cold or distant way, without showing personal feeling. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown