Surrogately

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    By means of a substitute; by proxy. not-comparable

    "Again the precepts of some extrafamilial or surrogately paternal relationship are violated. For to speak his secret means death for the sensei."

Synonyms

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vicariouslyvicariously

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"Again the precepts of some extrafamilial or surrogately paternal relationship are violated. For to speak his secret means death for the sensei."

Etymology

From surrogate + -ly.

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