gamely

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

gamely
    adv 1: in a plucky manner; "he was seen by a shepherd, gamely
           negotiating a particularly tricky section of the mountain
           road to San Doloroso"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gamely \Game"ly\, adv.
   In a plucky manner; spiritedly.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "gamely":
      audaciously, boldly, bravely, bulldoggishly, chivalrously,
      courageously, daringly, dauntlessly, doughtily, fearlessly,
      gallantly, gutsily, hardily, heroically, intrepidly, knightly,
      like a man, like a soldier, manfully, mettlesomely, pertinaciously,
      pluckily, resolutely, spunkily, stalwartly, stoutly, tenaciously,
      unfearfully, unfearingly, valiantly, valorously, yeomanly