LIEF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lief mean? 

• LIEF (adverb)
  The adverb LIEF has 1 sense:

1. in a willing manner

  Familiarity information: LIEF used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIEF (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a willing manner

Synonyms:

fain; gladly; lief

Context example:

I would fain do it

 Context examples 

But perhaps you young ladies may not care about the beaux, and had as lief be without them as with them.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

“You may find the scath yourself, my lusty friend, if you raise your great cudgel to me. I had as lief have the castle drawbridge drop upon my pate.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)