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surrogately

surrogately adverb: by means of a substitute; by proxy.

Adverb

surrogately (not comparable)

  1. By means of a substitute; by proxy.
    • Again the precepts of some extrafamilial or surrogately paternal relationship are violated. For to speak his secret means death for the sensei.2014, Mary N. Layoun, Travels of a Genre: The Modern Novel and Ideology
    Synonyms:
    vicariously

Synonyms of surrogately

Origin of surrogately

From surrogate + -ly.

Questions about surrogately

What does surrogately mean?
Surrogately means by means of a substitute; by proxy.
What part of speech is surrogately?
Surrogately is an adverb.

Words near surrogately in the dictionary

  1. surrogate parent
  2. surrogate parents
  3. surrogate proxies
  4. surrogate proxy
  5. surrogated
  6. surrogately
  7. surrogates
  8. surrogateship
  9. surrogateships
  10. surrogating
  11. surrogation

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