vicariously en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /vaɪ̯ˈkɜɹ.i.əs.li/ (General-American)
- /vɪ-/ (General-American)
- vī-kâr′ē-əs-lē
- vĭ-
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English vicarious Middle English -ly English -ly English vicariously From vicarious + -ly (adverbial suffix).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In a vicarious manner; indirectly; as, by, or through a substitute; by proxy.
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.
1982 November 21, Richard E. Welch Jr., “IMPERIAL ADVENTURE”, in The New York Times: