lieve

[ leev ]

adverb

, Dialect.

1. lief.

Example Sentences

The defense lawyers also said a mistrial might be necessary because of the emotional testimony by Lieve Wyseur, Ann-Laure Decadt’s mother.

From Seattle Times

“Everybody in Belgium knew about it,” said Lieve Halsberghe, an advocate for victims of clerical abuse in the country.

From Washington Post

In Britain, once a suspect has been charged, the law forbids journalists from speculating on their guilt or innocence until a verdict is reached, said Lieve Gies, a media scholar at the University of Leicester who studied the case.

From Seattle Times

Oh lieve, kinderlijk naïeve Nederlanders!

From The Guardian

Those acquitted early on Friday were Joris Van Hove, the doctor who administered the lethal injection, Nys's former doctor Frank D. and psychiatrist Lieve Thienpont.

From BBC