The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - personaladj.

1) individual, physical, bodily, actual, live; in person, in the flesh: The star is scheduled to make a personal appearance on tonight's chat show. 2) intimate, exclusive, private, special, particular: Would you do me a personal favour? I hear they are having personal problems. 3) intimate, close, dear, bosom, familiar, special: Wendy happens to be a personal friend of ours. 4) intimate, individual; disparaging, slighting, offensive, derogatory, critical, deprecating, belittling, adverse, unfriendly, insulting: He should confine his criticism to her acting and avoid personal remarks.