aloof
Use Aloof in a sentence
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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| —adj | |
| distant, unsympathetic, or supercilious in manner, attitude, or feeling | |
| [C16: from | |
| a'loofly | |
| —adv | |
| a'loofness | |
| —n | |
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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.
sense of "at a distance, apart" (1580s).
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Example sentences
She appeared aloof and sometimes refused to shake hands with admirers.
There is something aloof within us that will not be divided or communicated.
And actors have to be aloof and mysterious and artistic and all that.
He remained aloof from the abstract movement of his time, and thus won readily the respect of the French academicians.
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