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Definition of 'aloof'English
Adverb
( en-adv)
At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
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Without sympathy; unfavorably.
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Adjective
( en-adj)
Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
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Preposition
( en-prep)
(obsolete) away from; clear of
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- Rivetus would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands.
( Webster 1913)
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