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Aloof Common

Aloof has 5 different meanings across 3 categories:

Adjective · Adverb · Prep

Definitions
Adjective
1

remote in manner

"stood apart with aloof dignity"

"a distant smile"

"he was upstage with strangers"

2

Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.

Adverb
1

in an aloof manner

"the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough"

2

At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.

Prep
1

Away from; clear of.

Example Sentences
"stood apart with aloof dignity" adjective
"a distant smile" adjective
"he was upstage with strangers" adjective
"the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough" adverb
See Also
cool pose olympian uncompanionable keep one's distance apart unbending user unconcerned
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
oof boof loof moof poof roof yoof hoof goof foof woof doof coof proof spoof snoof floof kloof whoof choof
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