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artificialmente

artificially

adverb ar-tee-fee-CHAHL-men-teh Rare

Usage Note

Artificialmente modifies verbs or adjectives to indicate something done in an artificial, manufactured, or non-natural way: prezzi artificialmente gonfiati ('artificially inflated prices'). It derives from artificiale (artificial) + the adverbial suffix -mente. Register is neutral to formal; common in economic and scientific writing.

Examples

"I prezzi sono stati artificialmente abbassati."

Natural Translation

The prices were artificially lowered.

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