vicariously


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vicarious /vɪˈkɛːrɪəs, vʌɪ-/
adjective
  • 1 experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person: vicarious pleasure.
  • 2 acting or done for another.
– derivatives
vicariously adverb,
vicariousness noun.
– origin C17: from L. vicarius (see vicar) + -ous.
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