VICARIOUSLY

vicariously

(adverb) indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute; “she enjoyed the wedding vicariously”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adverb

vicariously (not comparable)

In a way that is experienced in the imagination through the actions of another person. "she was living vicariously through her children"; by proxy.

Source: Wiktionary

Vi*ca"ri*ous*ly, adv.

Definition: In a vicarious manner.

VICARIOUS

Vi*ca"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. vicarius, from vicis change, alternation, turn, the position, place, or office of one person as assumed by another; akin to Gr. wechsel a change, and probably also to E. weak. See Weak, and cf. Vice, prep.]

1. Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority.

2. Acting of suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer. The soul in the body is but a subordinate efficient, and vicarious . . . in the hands of the Almighty. Sir M. Hale.

3. Performed of suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment. The vicarious work of the Great Deliverer. I. Taylor.

4. (Med.)

Definition: Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition