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adverb
1.
at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart: They always stood aloof from their classmates.
adjective
2.
reserved or reticent; indifferent; disinterested: Because of his shyness, he had the reputation of being aloof.
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Example Sentences
- Do you think cats are aloof? If so, you're in good company.
- To the Greeks the gods seemed equally close and equally aloof.
- The idea of going to a place and staying aloof of the people is a mistake.
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Word Origin & History
aloof
1530s, from a- (1) + M.E. loof "weather gage," also "windward direction," probably from Du. loef (M.Du. lof) "the weather side of a ship." Originally a nautical order to keep the ship's head to the wind, thus to stay clear of a lee-shore or some other quarter, hence the fig.
EXPAND sense of "at a distance, apart" (1580s).
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