Complete Definition of "vicariously"

English

Adverb
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#In a vicarious manner.

  1. indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute

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1800s=1861

1861 � w:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens, s:Great Expectations|Great Expectations ch IV
:My sister, having so much to do, was going to church vicariously, that is to say, Joe and I were going.

2006 � w:Band Tool|Band Tool: Maynard James Keenan, s:Album|Album: 10,000 days Song Vicarious
:Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies / Much better you than I.

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