vicariously

English

Etymology

From vicarious +‎ -ly.

Adverb

vicariously (not comparable)

1. In a vicarious manner; indirectly; as, by, or through a substitute; by proxy.

   Antonym: unvicariously

   • 1982 November 21, Richard E. Welch Jr., “IMPERIAL ADVENTURE”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

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