Lief vs Grudgingly - What's the difference?
lief | grudgingly |
(archaic) beloved, dear, agreeable
(archaic) willing
(archaic, except UK dialectal) Readily, willingly.
* 1869 , RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone , II:
As a noun lief
is body.As an adverb grudgingly is
in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire.lief
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*Adverb
- these great masters of the art, who would far liefer see us little ones practice it, than themselves engage [...].
- I'd as lief have one as t'other.