Vicariously
//vaɪ̯ˈkɜɹ.i.əs.li// adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 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 indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute wordnet
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More examples"Having never married, he experienced fatherhood vicariously through his nieces and nephews."
Etymology
From vicarious + -ly (adverbial suffix).
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