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Vicariously   /vaɪkˈɛriəsli/   Listen
Vicariously

adverb
1.
Indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute.






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"Vicariously" Quotes from Famous Books



... the peach untasted—he had a feeling that he might thus, vicariously, atone for the hardships of those ...
— The Tin Soldier • Temple Bailey

... cropper you might be sure that Fanny's judgment of you would be pure from the superstition of morality. She herself had never swerved in affection or fidelity to Will Brocklebank. She took her excitements, lawful or otherwise, vicariously in the doomed and dedicated persons of her friends. Brocklebank knew it. Blond, spectacled, middle-aged, and ponderous, he regarded his wife's performances and other people's with a leniency as amazing as her own. He was hovering about old Lady Paignton in the background, where ...
— The Return of the Prodigal • May Sinclair



Words linked to "Vicariously" :   vicarious



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