socialmente

socially

adverb soh-chal-MEN-teh Rare

Usage Note

Socialmente modifies adjectives and past participles most naturally in Italian: socialmente utile ('socially useful'), socialmente accettato ('socially accepted'). Like most adverbs in -mente, it follows the word it modifies and is not normally sentence-initial in everyday speech.

Examples

"Un comportamento socialmente accettabile è importante."

Natural Translation

Socially acceptable behaviour is important.

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