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PRONUNCIATION OF LIEFLY

liefly  [ˈliːflɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIEFLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Liefly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LIEFLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of liefly in the English dictionary

The definition of liefly in the dictionary is delightful, pleasant, or lovable.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LIEFLY


aloofly
əˈluːflɪ
beautifully
ˈbjuːtɪflɪ
briefly
ˈbriːflɪ
chiefly
ˈtʃiːflɪ
Chifley
ˈtʃɪflɪ
deafly
ˈdɛflɪ
gruffly
ˈɡrʌflɪ
housewifely
ˈhaʊsˌwaɪflɪ
purfly
ˈpɜːflɪ
rifely
ˈraɪflɪ
roughly
ˈrʌflɪ
ruffly
ˈrʌflɪ
safely
ˈseɪflɪ
sniffly
ˈsnɪflɪ
snuffly
ˈsnʌflɪ
stiffly
ˈstɪflɪ
toughly
ˈtʌflɪ
unsafely
ʌnˈseɪflɪ
unwifely
ʌnˈwaɪflɪ
wifely
ˈwaɪflɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIEFLY

lie-in
Liebfrauenmilch
Liebfraumilch
Liebig
Liebig condenser
Liebknecht
Liechtenstein
Liechtensteiner
lied
lief
liege
liege lord
liegedom
liegeless
liegeman
liegemen
Liegnitz
lien
lienable
lienal

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIEFLY

barfly
black fly
blowfly
butterfly
cranefly
dragonfly
dry fly
firefly
fly
fruit fly
horsefly
housefly
let fly
on the fly
overfly
refly
sandfly
sawfly
stonefly
whitefly

Synonyms and antonyms of liefly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «liefly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIEFLY

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The translations of liefly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «liefly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

liefly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

liefly
570 millions of speakers

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liefly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

liefly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

liefly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

liefly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

liefly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

liefly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

liefly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Liefly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

liefly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

liefly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

liefly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Liefly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

liefly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

liefly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Liefly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

liefly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

liefly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

liefly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

liefly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

liefly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

liefly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

liefly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

liefly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

liefly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of liefly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIEFLY»

The term «liefly» is normally little used and occupies the 116.762 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIEFLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about liefly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIEFLY»

Discover the use of liefly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to liefly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Essays in Criticism
As heavenly gods, not I in sooth would fight among the foremost, Nor liefly thee would I advance to man-ennobling battle. Now, — sith ten thousand shapes of Death do any-gait pursue us Which never mortal may evade, though sly of foot and ...
Matthew Arnold, 1873
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Supplement
liefly liefly (lef'li), adv. \lief + -ty2.] Willingly ; gladly. [Archaic] Ami liefly. mine own vassal folk Do yield their fealty. M. J. Pnstton, Cartoons, Bishop's Ban, st 7. lie-key (ll'ke), ft. In well-boring, a tool on which boring-rods are hung when being raised ...
William Dwight Whitney, 1910
3
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
liefly liefly (lef'li), adv. [Uef + -ly2.] Willingly; gladly. [Archaic] And liefly, mine own vassal folk Do yield their fealty. M. J. Preston, Cartoons, Bishop's Ban, st 7. lie-key (ll'ke), v. In well-boring, a tool on which boring-rods are hung when being ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914
4
Essays by Matthew Arnold: Including Essays in Criticism, ...
They are faulty, first, because as 10 a matter of diction, the expressions ' 0 gentle friend,' ' eld,' ' in sooth,' ' liefly,' ' advance,' ' man-ennobling,' ' sith,' ' any-gait,' and ' sly of foot,' are all bad ; some of them worse than others, but all bad : that is, ...
Matthew Arnold, Francis William Newman, 1914
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The Works of Matthew Arnold ...
Mr. Newman translates this as follows : — 0 gentle friend ! if thou and I, from this encounter "scaping, Hereafter might forever be from Eld and Death exempted As heavenly gods, not I in sooth would fight among the foremost, Nor liefly thee ...
Matthew Arnold, George William Erskine Russell, Thomas Burnett Smart, 1903
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On Translating Homer
Mr. Newman translates this as follows : — 0 gentle friend ! if thou and I, from this encounter 'scaping, Hereafter might forever be from Eld and Death exempted As heavenly gods, not I in sooth would fight among the foremost, Nor liefly thee ...
Matthew Arnold, William Henry Denham Rouse, 1905
7
Studies in Translation
Mr. Newman translates this as follows: O gentle friend! if thou and I, from this encounter 'scaping, Hereafter might forever be from Eld and Death exempted As heavenly gods, not I in sooth would fight among the foremost, Nor liefly thee would I ...
Ed. Mohit K. Ray, 2008
8
Complete Prose Works of Matthew Arnold: On the classical ...
Mr. Newman translates this as follows: — 5 0 gentle friend! if thou and I, from this encounter 'scaping, Hereafter might forever be from Eld and Death exempted As heavenly gods, not I in sooth would fight among the foremost, Nor liefly thee ...
Matthew Arnold, Robert Henry Super, 1960
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Complete Prose Works: Dissent and dogma
Mr. Newman translates this as follows:— O gentle friend! if thou and I, from this encounter 'scaping, Hereafter might forever be from Eld and Death exempted As heavenly gods, not I in sooth would fight among the foremost, Nor liefly thee would ...
Matthew Arnold, Robert Henry Super, 1961
10
Collections from the Unpublished Medical Writings of the ...
lasted a. week, Wild" He was seized 0“ ling with “manufd liefly by an eme-tlc' between him and thg laid attended him and llegirming of his illness' [Dec- 25, V50”) W. C, scarlatina bgga'n and a half {after he had his cousin MaSter B. .wever , ...
Caleb Hillier Parry, 1825

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