Gamely
adverb
In a brave, spirited way, especially facing pain or danger.
He gamely continued playing even after injuring his leg in the game.
Often appears as...
- gamely persisted
- gamely continued
adverb
In a brave, spirited way, especially facing pain or danger.
He gamely continued playing even after injuring his leg in the game.
Often appears as...
- gamely persisted
- gamely continued
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Implies a positive judgment of someone's behavior facing difficulties.
Despite the odds, she gamely took on the challenge.
Pro Tip 2/3Psychological Strength
Shows emotional or mental strength, not just physical.
After the loss, the team gamely prepared for the next match.
Pro Tip 3/3Admiration Implied
Using 'gamely' often suggests that the speaker admires the person facing hardship.
He gamely battled illness, inspiring everyone around him.
Compare with
boldbraveconfidentcourageousdecisivefearlessresolutevaliant
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Video examples
John Hunter: Teaching...
and one of our military commanders got up to read that letter and one of the other kids said, "Mr. Hunter, let's ask -- there's a parent over there." There was a parent visiting that day, just sitting in the back of the room. "Let's ask that mom to read the letter. It'll be more realer if she reads it." So we did, we asked her, and she gamely picked up the letter.
Video examples
John Hunter: Teaching...
and one of our military commanders got up to read that letter and one of the other kids said, "Mr. Hunter, let's ask -- there's a parent over there." There was a parent visiting that day, just sitting in the back of the room. "Let's ask that mom to read the letter. It'll be more realer if she reads it." So we did, we asked her, and she gamely picked up the letter.
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Quote examples
Bill Bryson
American Writer
I once joked in a book that there are three things you can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company, you can't make a waiter see you until he is ready to see you, and you can't go home again. Since the spring of 1995, I have been quietly, even gamely, reassessing point number three.
Quote examples
H. W. Brands
American Historian
Every year, I have my graduate students read the great works of history, from classical times to the present. They gamely tackle Tacitus, ponder Plutarch, plow through Gibbon. Then they get to Thomas Carlyle and feel like Dorothy when she touched down in Technicolor Oz.
Quote examples
Bill Bryson
American Writer
I once joked in a book that there are three things you can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company, you can't make a waiter see you until he is ready to see you, and you can't go home again. Since the spring of 1995, I have been quietly, even gamely, reassessing point number three.
Quote examples
H. W. Brands
American Historian
Every year, I have my graduate students read the great works of history, from classical times to the present. They gamely tackle Tacitus, ponder Plutarch, plow through Gibbon. Then they get to Thomas Carlyle and feel like Dorothy when she touched down in Technicolor Oz.
Example 1 of 2
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