lief > define

adverb

• In a willing manner.
  • usage: "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it"
  • synonyms: gladly, fain

• (n.) Pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable.
• (n.) Same as Lif.
• (adv.) Willing; disposed.
• (adv.) 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.
• (n.) Dear; beloved.
• (n.) A dear one; a sweetheart.