liefly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English levely, levelike, lefliȝ, leofliche, from Old English lēoflīċe (“kindly, graciously, gladly, lovingly”), from Proto-Germanic *leubalīka, from Proto-Germanic *leubalīkaz, equivalent to lief + -ly.
Adverb[edit]
liefly (comparative more liefly, superlative most liefly)
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