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Vicariously

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vi·car·i·ous  (v-kâr-s, -kr-, v-)
adj.
1. Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another: read about mountain climbing and experienced vicarious thrills.
2. Endured or done by one person substituting for another: vicarious punishment.
3.
a. Acting or serving in place of someone or something else; substituted.
b. Committed or entrusted to another, as powers or authority; delegated.
4. Physiology Occurring in or performed by a part of the body not normally associated with a certain function.
[From Latin vicrius; see vicar.]
vi·cari·ous·ly adv.
vi·cari·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.vicariously - indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute; "she enjoyed the wedding vicariously"


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The mates regularly relieved each other at the watches, and for aught that could be seen to the contrary, they seemed to be the only commanders of the ship; only they sometimes issued from the cabin with orders so sudden and peremptory, that after all it was plain they but commanded vicariously.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Instead of resenting the tone which his brother had taken with him, Geoffrey instantly descended from the pedestal of glory on which he stood, and placed himself without a struggle in the hands which vicariously held his destiny--otherwise, the hands which vicariously held the purse.
Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context
So Eppie was reared without punishment, the burden of her misdeeds being borne vicariously by father Silas.
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
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