eagerly vs gamely

eagerly

adv

  • In an eager manner. 

gamely

adv

  • In a game or plucky manner; in a willing and spirited fashion. 

adj

  • Of or pertaining to game. 

  • Sportive; lively; joyful. 

How often have the words eagerly and gamely occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )