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materialmente

physically

adverb mah-teh-ryahl-MEN-teh Rare
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Also means

materially (in practical terms)

Usage Note

Materialmente can mean physically or in material terms (materialmente impossibile = physically impossible — used when something is practically, not logically, impossible), or it can describe something in a concrete, tangible sense (contribuire materialmente = to contribute materially/in material ways). It is often used in legal or bureaucratic Italian to emphasise the physical execution of an act, as opposed to the moral or legal responsibility.

Examples

"Non è materialmente possibile finire entro oggi."

Natural Translation

It is not physically possible to finish by today.

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