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Lies vs Lief - What's the difference?

lies | lief |

As a verb lies

is .

As a noun lief is

body.

lies

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (lie)

    • Adjective

  • (Mid-Ulster) Great, wonderful

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    lief

    English

    Adjective

  • (archaic) beloved, dear, agreeable
  • (archaic) willing

    • Derived terms

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    Adverb

  • (archaic, except UK dialectal) Readily, willingly.
  • * 1869 , RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone , II:
    • 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.

    Derived terms

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    Quotations

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