gamely

pronunciation

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  • Adverb:
    in a plucky manner

Word Origin

gamely (adv.)
"courageously," 1861, from game (adj.2) + -ly (2). In Old English and Middle English the adverb meant "artfully; joyfully."

Example

1. For those looking gamely for bright spots , china flickers
2. Yet when my daughters grandly marched it out from the kitchen I smiled gamely and posed for pictures . Then I made a wish .
3. Some american friends of israel argue gamely that israel is a strategic asset to the superpower , a doughty democracy that provides intelligence , high technology , storage for american weapons and so forth .

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