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lief
[leef]
adjective
Archaic.
willing; desirous.
dear; beloved; treasured.
lief
/ liːf /
adverb
rare, gladly; willingly
I'd as lief go today as tomorrow
adjective
archaic
ready; glad
dear; beloved
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Other Word Forms
- liefly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lief1
Old English leof; related to lufu love
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Example Sentences
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Jha made clear his lief that Americans will still face "hard" times over the next few weeks.
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You don’t get anywhere in lief without a bit of pain sometimes.
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I bad as lief seek oat the nearest grotesquerie.
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What if they had all been instructed: You may lief His mind reeled.
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He thought you wanted to go 'round kind o' on a lark; and that pony, for mere devilment, had just as lief go-a-courting as not.
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