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Definition of: lief
(lēf) adverb
Willingly; freely; as willingly as not: I had as lief stay as go: often used to imply preference: as lief die as live dishonored.
—adjective Archaic
1. Dear; dearly loved; pleasing.
2. Willing; glad. ♦ Homophone: leaf. [OE lēof dear]
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