Adverb -적으로

-적으로 makes adverbs from Sino-Korean nouns. It is a two-step process: first, -적 makes an adjective from a noun, as in 역사적; second, -으로 is added to make an adverb, as in 전통적으로 "traditionally," 역사적으로 "historically," and so on, as illustrated below. Korean nouns are not changed in this manner. For example, the Sino-Korean noun 인간 can be changed to 인간적으로 "as a human being," but the Korean noun 사람 cannot be changed to 사람적으로.

Noun		Adjective		Adverb
역사	history	역사적	historical	역사적으로	historically
세계	world	세계적	world(-wide)	세계적으로	internationally
전통	tradition	전통적	traditional	전통적으로	traditionally
인상	impression	인상적	impressive	인상적으로	impressively
지리	geography	지리적	geographical	지리적으로	geographically
기계	machine	기계적	mechanical	기계적으로	mechanically