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Definition of vicariously adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

vicariously

adverb
 
/vɪˈkeəriəsli/
 
/vaɪˈkeriəsli/
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  1. by watching or reading about somebody else doing something, rather than by doing it yourself
    • He lives vicariously through television and comics.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryVicariously is used with these verbs:
    • experience
    • live
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trait
noun
 
 
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