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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈliːf/Part of speech adverbSorted efilStarts with LEnds with F0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. with pleasure

Word origin

From Middle English lef, leve, leef, from Old English lēof, from Proto-West Germanic *leub, from Proto-Germanic *leubaz.

Used in a sentence

  • I'd as lief have one as t'other.
  • 1. Gent. And thou the Veluet; thou art good veluet; thou'rt a three pild-peece I warrant thee: I had as liefe be a Lyst of an English Kersey, as be pil'd, as thou art pil'd, for a French Veluet. [...]
  • As far as physiognomy goes, the winners protest that they would as lief have foregone the double points, and the money.

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