vicariously

1. 1.

   indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute

   “she enjoyed the wedding vicariously”

Questions about vicariously

What does vicariously mean?

vicariously means "indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute".

How many syllables are in vicariously?

vicariously has 5 syllables: vi-car-i-ou-sly. The stress falls on "car". In IPA it is /vaɪˈkɛɹiəsli/.

Is vicariously a common word?

vicariously is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with vicariously?

1 word rhymes with vicariously. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.