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lievest

lievest is the superlative form of lief.

Meaning of lief

Adjective

lief (comparative liefer or liever, superlative liefest or lievest)

  1. (archaic) Beloved, dear, agreeable.
    Synonyms:
    beloved
  2. (archaic) Ready, willing.

See all 3 meanings of lief

Questions about lievest

What is lievest the superlative form of?
Lievest is the superlative form of lief.

Words near lievest in the dictionary

  1. Lievanos
  2. Lievanoses
  3. lieve
  4. liever
  5. lieves
  6. lievest
  7. lievrite
  8. Liew
  9. Liews
  10. Lieyu
  11. Liezen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lievest (page history and authors); lief (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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