Lief

[liːf] or [lif]

(n.) Same as Lif.

(n.) Dear; beloved.

(n.) Pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable.

(adv.) Willing; disposed.

(n.) A dear one; a sweetheart.

(adv.) Gladly; willingly; freely; -- now used only in the phrases, had as lief, and would as lief; as, I had, or would, as lief go as not.

Editor: Terence

ad. Willingly, gladly, freely.

Editor: Rena

SYN:Gladly, willingly, readily

ANT:Slowly, unwillingly, reluctantly, sloth

Editor: Rena

adj. (arch.) loved dear.—adv. willingly—now chiefly used in the phrases 'I had as lief ' 'to have liefer.'

Edited by Jacqueline

Edited by Jacqueline