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vicariously
[ vahy-kair-ee-uhs-lee, vi- ]
adverb
- through the experience of another person:
Adventure novels transport us to strange lands, fraught with perilous situations and terrifying monsters we can vicariously vanquish.
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Other Words From
- non·vi·car·i·ous·ly adverb
- un·vi·car·i·ous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vicariously1
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Example Sentences
But not even the threat of death can suppress the urge to live vicariously through Jack Dawson and James Bond.
As far as Wurtzel is concerned, most millennials seem too removed from the day to day, too willing to live vicariously.
Living vicariously through his teammates was better than being home, preoccupied each day with his eroding strength.
Charles Swan is all about a man living vicariously through his daydreams.
Watching her on TV, people will have lived through her vicariously.
That kind of tripe was for the little Joe Dopes who got their thrills vicariously.
I think that at that moment I suffered vicariously in his scornful regard for all my countrymen.
And it is certainly patent to the most out-and-out sceptic that I shall have to get all my Romance vicariously.
If it be consistent with his nature to punish by substitution, what security is there that he will not reward vicariously?
There could be no surprises, no enigmatic delights, but vicariously he could be young again.
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