gamely

English

From game +‎ -ly; compare Old English gamenlīċ (“belonging to games, sportive, theatrical, ridiculous”) and Middle High German gāmelich, gemelich (“joyful”).

gamely (comparative gamelier or more gamely, superlative gameliest or most gamely)

Sportive; lively; joyful.
- 2004, David Unger, Life in the damn tropics: a novel:
  That's what I wanted: a challenging race, a gamely fight.
- 2004, Jose Luis Caivano, editor, AIC 2004 Color and Paints, Proceedings:
  This confirmed the penetration of the theoretical knowledge of color when it is taught using a gamely practice where the act of working come to be a pleasure.
- 2005, Ross Eddy Osborn, Thorns of a Tainted Rose:
  "A worthy prospect, I must say." Sterling nodded. "I'll introduce you to Mr. Flynn, once we reach Orleans." Jack gasped like a man stabbed. "Would by chance your friend be a pale looking sort with a gamely laugh?" Sterling drew his head back.
- 2009, Jillian Hunter, A Wicked Lord at the Wedding:
  Costumed as Whittington's beloved cat, in a knee-length black cloak that swirled around tight broadcloth trousers and jack boots, she trod the floor with a gamely dignity that cast all the requisite princesses and pretty shepherdesses in a pale light.
- 2011, Amor Towles, Rules of Civility:
  Here was a sober young Harlemite in a gamely tilted bowler with a little French mustache.
(hunting, fishing, etc.) Of or pertaining to game.
- 1893, William Sweetzer Heywood, History of Westminster, Massachusetts:
  The black bass was strongly recommended as a gamely creature and as excellent for the table, and it was put into Meeting-house Pond.

gamely (comparative more gamely, superlative most gamely)

From Old English gamenlīċe; equivalent to game +‎ -ly.

gamely (rare)

“gām(e)lī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-09.