lief
lief · liefer · liefest
Readily, willingly, ratherReadily, willingly, rather.
/ˈliːf/
Meaning
1 senses(archaic)Readily, willingly, rather.
I'd as lief have one as t'other.
охо́тноoxótno
More definitions
- with pleasure
Translations
1 languagesРусский
Readily, willingly:
Origin
From Middle English lef, leve, leef, from Old English lēof, from Proto-West Germanic *leubFrom Middle English lef, leve, leef, from Old English lēof, from Proto-West Germanic *leub, from Proto-Germanic *leubaz.
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Forms
liefer/liever, liefestSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedliefer
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.