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4 dictionary results for: aloofness
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a·loof       [uh-loof] Pronunciation Key
–adverb
1.at a distance, esp. 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.

[Origin: 1525–35; a-1 + loof luff windward]

a·loof·ly, adverb
a·loof·ness, noun

2. cool, detached; distant, standoffish; snobbish, haughty, disdainful.
1. near. 2. warm, open, gregarious, outgoing.
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a·loof       (ə-lōōf')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote: stood apart with aloof dignity.

adv.   At a distance but within view; apart.


[a-2 + luff, windward part of a ship (obsolete).]

a·loof'ly adv., a·loof'ness n.
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aloofness

noun
1. indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance" [syn: distance
2. a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Aloofness

A*loof"ness\, n. State of being aloof. --Rogers (1642).

The . . . aloofness of his dim forest life. --Thoreau.

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