Space between list items without affecting Social Icons

(still being a bit of a WP newbie..) I’m trying to add space between list items (li) in unordered lists (ul) and following recommendations I found in previous support posts results in the Social Icon backgrounds becoming “teardrop” shapes with their background colours being extended to match whatever “padding-bottom” I add.

I tried both:

li {
    padding-bottom: 16px;
}

and

.entry-content ul li {
    padding-bottom: 16px;
}

and both do the same thing to the icons.

The ul class for the Social Icons seems to be::
“wp-block-social-links alignright is-style-default”

and for the unordered list it appears to be:
“wp:list-item”

Is there a way to target only the ul li without affecting the Social Icon background shapes?

Thanks for any help ??

Should have mentioned: using Twenty Twenty-Four theme.

• This topic was modified 1 year ago by rpmtl22. Reason: Added theme details