fain

«fain» in Mova's school dictionary: gladly or willingly; «would fain» means would like very… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (old use, mostly in 'would fain')

meaning for a pupil

Fain means gladly or willingly; «would fain» means would like very much to. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a hero says «I would fain» to mean «I would very much like to»

examples

• I would fain see the king's son. tree →
• She would fain go home. tree →
• I would fain sleep now. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Yea, it hurleth at him, and spareth not; he would fain flee from its power.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fain» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.