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Definition: Vicariously |
VicariouslyAdverb1. Indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute; "she enjoyed the wedding vicariously". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vicariously" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
Crosswords: Vicariously |
| English words defined with "vicariously": Representatively. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "vicariously": Core War. (references) |
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Screenplays | It's my birthday, let me live vicariously. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) | |
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| "Vicariously" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Vicariously" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 55 | 45,713 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vicariously | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "vicariously"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Albanian | tërthorazi (crosswise, in a roundabout way, indirectly, transversally), me prokurë. (various references) | ||||
German | stellvertretender, stellvertretende (substitutionally). (various references) | ||||
Greek | γι' αντιπρόσωπου. (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | helyett (for, in lieu of, in place of, in the room of, instead of, to answer for sy, vice). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 低徊趣味 (dilettantism, experiencing vicariously), 低回趣味 (dilettantism, experiencing vicariously). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | ていかいしゅみ (dilettantism, experiencing vicariously). (various references) | ||||
Manx | dy hynnydagh. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | icariouslyvay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"Vicariously" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: vacariously, vacriously, vexatiously, vicareously, vicariousl, vicarously, vigariously, vircariously, viscariously. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "vicariously" (pronounced vīke"rēuslē) |
| 8 | -k e" r ē u s l ē | precariously. |
| 7 | -e" r ē u s l ē | hilariously, variously. |
| 6 | -r ē u s l ē | curiously, furiously, gloriously, laboriously, mysteriously, notoriously, seriously. |
| 5 | -ē u s l ē | contemporaneously, enviously, erroneously, harmoniously, hideously, instantaneously, obviously, previously, simultaneously, spontaneously, studiously, tediously, unceremoniously. |
| 4 | -u s l ē | aimlessly, ambitiously, anonymously, anxiously, assiduously, autonomously, breathlessly, callously, capriciously, carelessly, cautiously, ceaselessly, conscientiously, consciously, conspicuously, contemptuously, continuously, courageously, dangerously, deliciously, disastrously, effortlessly, egregiously, endlessly, enormously, expeditiously, fabulously, facetiously, fallaciously, famously, ferociously, flawlessly, frivolously, fruitlessly, generously, graciously, gratuitously, grievously, harmlessly, hellaciously, helplessly, hopelessly, horrendously, humorously, incongruously, indigenously, ingeniously, intravenously, jealously, judiciously, listlessly, ludicrously, maliciously, marvelously, mercilessly, meticulously, mindlessly, miraculously, needlessly, nervously, ominously, ostentatiously, outrageously, painlessly, perilously, piously, posthumously, precipitously, prodigiously, purposely, recklessly, relentlessly, religiously, restlessly, ridiculously, righteously, rigorously, ruthlessly, scrupulously, seamlessly, shamelessly, strenuously, subconsciously, surreptitiously, suspiciously, synonymously, tenaciously, tirelessly, tremendously, tremulously, unambiguously, unanimously, unconsciously, viciously, vigorously, vociferously, zealously. |
| 3 | -s l ē | adversely, closely, concisely, conversely, densely, expressly, falsely, fiercely, grossly, immensely, intensely, inversely, loosely, nicely, parsley, perversely, precisely, princely, profusely, scarcely, sparsely, tensely, tersely, thusly. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-l-o-r-s-u-v-y" | |
-2 letters: variously, vicarious, viciously. | |
-3 letters: raviolis, savorily, scurvily. | |
-4 letters: carious, carolus, ciliary, clivias, crusily, curiosa, oculars, olivary, oscular, ovulary, ravioli, saucily, saviour, savoury, scarily, uracils, valours, various, vicarly, vicious. | |
-5 letters: aiolis, airily, aliyos, ariosi, calory, caroli, carols, caulis, cavils, claros, clavus, clivia, clours, corals, cosily, coulis, curial, curios, lorica, lyrics, ocular, oscula, ovisac, ovular, racily, rivals, riyals, rosily, royals, sailor, salvor, savior, savory, savour, scoria, scurvy, sialic, silica, sluicy, social, souari, soucar, sourly, uracil, urials, valors, valour, vicars, violas, visual, vocals. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-i-l-o-r-s-u-v-y" | |
+1 letter: avariciously. | |
+4 letters: voyeuristically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 69 63 61 72 69 6F 75 73 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- .. -.-. .- .-. .. --- ..- ... .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01101001 01100011 01100001 01110010 01101001 01101111 01110101 01110011 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V i c a r i o u s l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0069 0063 0061 0072 0069 006F 0075 0073 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5675696784758187857891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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