释义
[ vahy-kair -ee-uh s-lee, vi- ] SHOW IPA
/ vaɪˈkɛər i əs li, vɪ- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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.
Origin of vicariously vicarious + -ly
OTHER WORDS FROM vicariously non·vi·car·i·ous·ly, adverb un·vi·car·i·ous·ly, adverb Words nearby vicariously vicariant, vicariate, vicariate apostolic, vicarious, vicarious hypertrophy, vicariously , vicarious menstruation, vicarly, Vicar of Bray, Vicar of Christ, vice
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Example sentences from the Web for vicariously Watching her on TV, people will have lived through her vicariously .
Palin's Reality TV Makeover | Lee Siegel| March 5, 2010| DAILY BEAST
In the happy ending, the victim wins and you can vicariously enjoy her retaliation against the other woman.
Wives Gone Wild! | Elizabeth Hayt| February 26, 2009| DAILY BEAST
There could be no surprises, no enigmatic delights, but vicariously he could be young again.
The Californians | Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Now it seemed as if remotely and vicariously romance might be coming to him after all, through the boy he adored.
The Dust Flower | Basil King
She is not literally, but virtually or officially, representatively or vicariously present wherever her regal authority is swayed.
The Mormon Doctrine of Deity | B. H. Roberts
He left the peach untasted—he had a feeling that he might thus, vicariously , atone for the hardships of those others who fought.
The Tin Soldier | Temple Bailey
It was vicariously to beguile my brave champion's ears that you were singing so sweetly, dear.
The Red Tavern | Charles Raymond Macauley
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