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Usually 的に making the proceeding noun into an adverb has usually been simple
enough for me to understand, but the following sentence confused me:

> 容姿的にマスコミが持ち上げようとするのもわかるが

It feels here like it ought to be something like "I get that the mass media
will flatter her **because** of her physical looks, but..."

But my brain can't seem to process this as making sense with 容姿的に as an
adverb, since modifying 持ち上げよう or わかる with it doesn't make much sense, unless
I'm completely misunderstanding something here.
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grammar adverbs
的に being used as "because"?
IMO the correct way to parse it is:`〜的に〜だ` (so it doesn't modify the verb, it
indicates what the topic relates to).

E.g. you can say
容姿的に無理だ、容姿的にちやほやされるタイプだろう、容姿的にちやほやしたくなる気持ちも分かる、容姿的にマスコミがちやほやしようとするのもわかるが、and
also 容姿的にマスコミが持ち上げようとするのもわかるが
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