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Vicariously

//vaɪ̯ˈkɜɹ.i.əs.li// adv

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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

Etymology

From vicarious + -ly (adverbial suffix).

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