Definitions for "Lief"
Keywords:  gladly, fain, glad, willingly, archaic
Willing; disposed.
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.
Gladly willing.
Keywords:  dear, sweetheart, beloved, one
Dear; beloved.
A dear one; a sweetheart.
Keywords:  lif
Same as Lif.
Pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable.
see 'Australian Research Council (ARC)'.