gamely

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adverb

in a game or plucky manner: They struggled gamely.

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Origin of gamely

1860–65; game¹ (adj.) + -ly

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De Blasio, making his first appearance on the show, gamely pushed back.
Bill de Blasio Enters the Lions Den of ‘Morning Joe’|David Freedlander|March 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We needed him to be wary, absorbed, and a little bit gruff, and he gamely complied, thereby furthering his own self-made legend.
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Transfixingly candid and gamely stepping up to the plate for a round of hardball, Lohan seemed to be answering yes.
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Stewart gamely raised her own pocket-size camera and aimed it at the beast.
Martha Stewart in the Dock Over Macy’s Lawsuit: ‘I Did My Time!’|Lloyd Grove|March 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST

First, she hit it off with Bebe owner Manny Mashouf, who gamely endured her withering criticism of his brand.
Rushka Bergman, Stylist to Michael Jackson, on Remaking Bebe|Rebecca Dana|September 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
"It's nothing," murmured Dick gamely, though as he spoke a spasm of pain shot through him.
Dick Hamilton's Football Team|Howard R. Garis
He resented it in this youngster who had fought so gamely with death.
Two Thousand Miles Below|Charles Willard Diffin
They never from the beginning had a chance save to show how gamely they could take punishment, but that at least they did.
The Great Boer War|Arthur Conan Doyle
And the fish did fight most gamely; certainly, too, with the odds immensely in its favour.
Lines in Pleasant Places|William Senior
Sometimes when I don't want to go on the streets I get down on my knees and pray for strength to go on gamely.
Windy McPherson's Son|Sherwood Anderson

British Dictionary definitions for gamely

gamely

adverb

in a brave or sporting manner

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Word Origin and History for gamely

gamely

adv.

"courageously," 1861, from game (n.) + -ly (2).

gamely

adverb

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