"van lieverlee" meaning in All languages combined

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "lieverlade"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch lieverlade",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "univerbation",
      "name": "univerbation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The origin of lieverlee is unclear. The whole word is attested in an earlier form as lieverlede (the intervocalic -d- vanishing is not irregular; compare leder / leer), and even earlier as Middle Dutch lieverlade. It is clear that it represents a univerbation, where the first element liever is a dative feminine singular adjective form (compare van hogerhand) of lief, but the ultimate meaning and origin of lee (from earlier lede, lade) is less clear.",
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "prepositional phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "van lieverlee",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch univerbations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Little by little; gradually; slowly."
      ],
      "id": "en-van_lieverlee-nl-prep_phrase-wpLmswCI",
      "links": [
        [
          "Little by little",
          "little by little"
        ],
        [
          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ],
        [
          "slowly",
          "slowly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Little by little; gradually; slowly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "van lieverlee"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "lieverlade"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch lieverlade",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "univerbation",
      "name": "univerbation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The origin of lieverlee is unclear. The whole word is attested in an earlier form as lieverlede (the intervocalic -d- vanishing is not irregular; compare leder / leer), and even earlier as Middle Dutch lieverlade. It is clear that it represents a univerbation, where the first element liever is a dative feminine singular adjective form (compare van hogerhand) of lief, but the ultimate meaning and origin of lee (from earlier lede, lade) is less clear.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "prepositional phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "van lieverlee",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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        "Dutch idioms",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch multiword terms",
        "Dutch prepositional phrases",
        "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
        "Dutch univerbations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Little by little; gradually; slowly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Little by little",
          "little by little"
        ],
        [
          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ],
        [
          "slowly",
          "slowly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Little by little; gradually; slowly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "van lieverlee"
}