limitatamente

limitedly, only with regard to

adverb lee-mee-tah-TAH-men-teh Rare

Usage Note

Limitatamente is a formal adverb used in bureaucratic and legal Italian to restrict the scope of a statement, roughly equivalent to 'insofar as' or 'only with respect to'. A typical construction is limitatamente a (limited to/with regard only to): si applica limitatamente ai cittadini italiani (it applies only to Italian citizens). It is rarely heard in informal conversation.

Examples

"La norma si applica limitatamente al territorio comunale."

Natural Translation

The rule applies only within the municipal territory.

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