Vicariously

//vaɪ̯ˈkɜɹ.i.əs.li// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a vicarious manner; indirectly; as, by, or through a substitute; by proxy. not-comparable

    "Mr. Miller argues convincingly that a majority of Americans shared the romantic nationalism of such expansionists as Theodore Roosevelt and Sen. Albert Beveridge and participated vicariously in their dreams of martial glory and expanding markets."

Adverb
  1. 1
    indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute wordnet

Example

More examples

"Having never married, he experienced fatherhood vicariously through his nieces and nephews."

Etymology

From vicarious + -ly (adverbial suffix).

Related phrases

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