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Aug. 11, 2016
lief\leef\adverb
1. gladly; willingly: I would as lief go south as not.
adjective
1. Archaic. willing; desirous.
2. Archaic. dear; beloved; treasured.
QuotesI was bashful and ungracious enough to loathe the very sound of
it when I came home in my pride of youth; but i would lief hear it once
more.
-- Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Caged Lion, 1870
Origin of liefLief can be traced to the Middle English leef, which in
turn comes from the Old EnglishlÄof.More From Dictionary.comSubmit a
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