Meaning & use
vicariously
By imagining or sharing someone else's experience instead of having it yourself.
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We traveled vicariously through our cousin's detailed letters from the mountains.
The audience felt the climber's relief vicariously as the film reached its final scene.
A note on using this word
The phrase 'live vicariously through someone' means experiencing an activity through that person's account or actions.
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