gamblerlike

English

Etymology

From gambler +‎ -like.

Adjective

gamblerlike (comparative more gamblerlike, superlative most gamblerlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a gambler.
   • c. 1867, Anthony Trollope, The Claverings‎^[1]:

     He had risked all his fortune on one cast of the die, and, gamblerlike, had lost everything.

   • 2007, James Huneker, Melomaniacs:

     I knew that if I failed it would kill my parents, who, gamblerlike, were staking their very existence on my success.