Gamely vs Bold - What's the difference?
gamely | bold |
Sportive; lively; joyful.
*2004 , David Unger, Life in the damn tropics: a novel :
*2004 , Jose Luis Caivano, editor, AIC 2004 Color and Paints, Proceedings :
*2005 , Ross Eddy Osborn, Thorns of a Tainted Rose :
*2009 , Jillian Hunter, A Wicked Lord at the Wedding :
*2011 , Amor Towles, Rules of Civility :
Of or pertaining to game.
*1893 , William Sweetzer Heywood, History of Westminster, Massachusetts :
(obsolete) Gaily; joyfully.
In a or plucky manner; in a willing and spirited fashion.
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*2011 , Harry Grigsby, Key Largo Adventures :
Courageous, daring.
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, title= * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
(of a font) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
Presumptuous.
* 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 9.
To make (a font or some text) bold.
(obsolete) To make bold or daring.
(obsolete) To become bold.
(Webster 1913)
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In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between gamely and bold
is that gamely is (obsolete) gaily; joyfully while bold is (obsolete) to become bold .As adjectives the difference between gamely and bold
is that gamely is sportive; lively; joyful while bold is courageous, daring.As an adverb gamely
is (obsolete) gaily; joyfully.As a noun bold is
(obsolete) a dwelling; habitation; building.As a verb bold is
to make (a font or some text) bold.gamely
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- That's what I wanted: a challenging race, a gamely fight.
- This confirmed the penetration of the theoretical knowledge of color when it is taught using a gamely practice where the act of working come to be a pleasure.
- "A worthy prospect, I must say." Sterling nodded. "I'll introduce you to Mr. Flynn, once we reach Orleans." Jack gasped like a man stabbed. "Would by chance your friend be a pale looking sort with a gamely laugh?" Sterling drew his head back.
- Costumed as Whittington's beloved cat, in a knee-length black cloak that swirled around tight broadcloth trousers and jack boots, she trod the floor with a gamely dignity that cast all the requisite princesses and pretty shepherdesses in a pale light.
- Here was a sober young Harlemite in a gamely tilted bowler with a little French mustache.
- The black bass was strongly recommended as a gamely creature and as excellent for the table, and it was put into Meeting-house Pond.
Adverb
(en adverb)citation, page= , passage=Stoke pressed gamely but clear chances were few and Fulham held on to record a first away league win in 16 months.}}
- Many of the other boats cut in, with their radios, to cheer Dick on, while he gamely' fought the huge fish. The monster was continually stripping line off the reel, as Dick fought ' gamely ; reeling for all he was worth!
Synonyms
*(willingly and spiritedly ): bravely, indomitably, pluckily, resolutelyAnagrams
*bold
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bold, from (etyl) bold, blod, bolt, .Alternative forms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) bold, bald, beald, from (etyl) bald, .Adjective
(boldness) (er)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}
- It would be extraordinarily bold of me to give it a try after seeing what has happened to you.
- even the boldest and most affirmative philosophy, that has ever attempted to impose its crude dictates and principles on mankind.
Synonyms
* (courageous) audacious, brave, courageous, daring, forward * See alsoVerb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)