Digitaalisesti

Digitaalisesti is a Finnish adverb meaning “in a digital or digitally enabled way,” i.e., performed with or expressed by digital technology. It describes actions, formats, or processes that rely on digital means, as opposed to manual or analog methods. It is the adverbial form of the adjective digitaalinen (digital).

Formation: In Finnish, many adjectives ending in -inen form adverbs with -isesti; thus digitaalinen → digitaalisesti. The root stem is digitaal-, from digital, borrowed into Finnish from English. The development mirrors the expansion of technology-focused vocabulary in the late 20th century and beyond.

Usage: Digitaalisesti is used to distinguish methods, formats, and processes that rely on digital technology from manual or analogue ones. Common collocations include digitaalisesti tallennettu (digitally stored), digitaalisesti allekirjoitettu (digitally signed), and digitaalisesti arkistoitu (digitally archived). It can also modify verbs or adjectives, as in digitaalisesti tuotettu sisältö (digitally produced content) or digitaalisesti muokattu data (digitally edited data). In everyday Finnish, it helps specify the mode of operation or representation, particularly in technical, legal, and media contexts.