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Vinony

vicariously

adverb

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Pronunciation: /vaɪ̯ˈkɜɹ.i.əs.li/ / /vɪ-/

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English vicarious Middle English -ly English -ly English vicariously From vicarious + -ly (adverbial suffix).

  1. 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.”