gamely

adjective

1. Sportive; lively; joyful.

   That's what I wanted: a challenging race, a gamely fight.

2. Of or pertaining to game.

   The black bass was strongly recommended as a gamely creature and as excellent for the table, and it was put into Meeting-house Pond.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry gamely (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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