Definition of "gamesomely" []

• Sportively; playfully.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "He could enter into the solemnity of speculation with Wordsworth while floating at sunset on the lake; and not the less gamesomely could he collect a set of good fellows under the lamp at his supper-table, and take off Wordsworth's or"
• "Then the Interpreter began and said, The fatter the Sow is, the more she desires the Mire; the fatter the Ox is, the more gamesomely he goes to the slaughter; and the more healthy the lusty man is, the more prone he is unto evil."
• "A member said, with a laugh, 'I wonder for how long men can be together without talking gamesomely of women?'"