Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamesomely
Literary usage of Gamesomely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... adv., gamesomely), < game1 + -some.] Sportive; playful; frolicsome. I write
from the fire-side of my parlour, and in the noise of three ..."
2. Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, Izaak Walton (1909)
"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 ..."
3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"... 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 ..."
4. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... breathed soft and free, And seemed to linger on its way To catch fresh odors
from the spray, And waved it in its wanton play So light and gamesomely. ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1890)
"A fire has been lighted on the hearth of the bedroom, probably for the first time
since it was built, and the smoke puffs gamesomely down the chimney till ..."
6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... adv., gamesomely), < game1 + -some.] Sportive; playful; frolicsome. I write
from the fire-side of my parlour, and in the noise of three ..."
7. Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, Izaak Walton (1909)
"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 ..."
8. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"... 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 ..."
9. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... breathed soft and free, And seemed to linger on its way To catch fresh odors
from the spray, And waved it in its wanton play So light and gamesomely. ..."
10. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1890)
"A fire has been lighted on the hearth of the bedroom, probably for the first time
since it was built, and the smoke puffs gamesomely down the chimney till ..."
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