1. lief - Noun
2. lief - Adjective
3. lief - Adverb
Same as Lif.
Dear; beloved.
Pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable.
Willing; disposed.
A dear one; a sweetheart.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryCould man be drunk for ever With liquor, love, or fights, Lief should I rouse at mornings And lief lie down of nights. But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts, And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts. A. E. Housman
Your hair looks funny," Lief said, as soon as the Ugloids left. "It stands straight up!" No," said Nick, intensely irritated, "It's hanging straight down." Lief just gave him an upside-down shrug. "Up is down in China and you're part-Chinese. Neal Shusterman
This game's stupid," said Lief. "Who the heck is Zelda, anyway? Neal Shusterman
Maybe we're standing like coins on the edge?" Allie considered this. "Meaning?" "Meaning, we might be able to shake things up a little, and find a way to come up heads." "Or tails," suggested Allie. "What are youabout?" said Lief. "Life and death. Neal Shusterman
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I would fain do it Source: Internet