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aloof
(encz) | aloof,odměřený |
aloof
(encz) | aloof,opodál Zdeněk Brož |
aloof
(encz) | aloof,rezervovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
aloof
(encz) | aloof,stranou Zdeněk Brož |
Aloof
(gcide) | Aloof \A*loof"\, adv. [Pref. a- + loof, fr. D. loef luff, and so
meaning, as a nautical word, to the windward. See Loof,
Luff.]
1. At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small
distance; apart; away.
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Our palace stood aloof from streets. --Dryden.
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2. Without sympathy; unfavorably.
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To make the Bible as from the hand of God, and then
to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst
of all impieties. --I. Taylor.
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Aloof
(gcide) | Aloof \A*loof"\, prep.
Away from; clear from. [Obs.]
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Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks
and quicksands. --Milton.
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Aloof
(gcide) | Aloof \A*loof"\, n. (Zool.)
Same as Alewife.
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aloof
(wn) | aloof
adv 1: in an aloof manner; "the local gentry and professional
classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their
sons readily enough"
adj 1: remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a
distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" [syn:
aloof, distant, upstage] |
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aloof
(encz) | aloof,odměřený aloof,opodál Zdeněk Brožaloof,rezervovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožaloof,stranou Zdeněk Brož |
aloofness
(encz) | aloofness,odměřenost |
Aloofness
(gcide) | Aloofness \A*loof"ness\, n.
State of being aloof. --Rogers (1642).
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The . . . aloofness of his dim forest life. --Thoreau.
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aloof
(wn) | aloof
adv 1: in an aloof manner; "the local gentry and professional
classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their
sons readily enough"
adj 1: remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a
distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" [syn:
aloof, distant, upstage] |
aloofness
(wn) | aloofness
n 1: indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance"
[syn: distance, aloofness]
2: a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner [syn:
aloofness, remoteness, standoffishness,
withdrawnness] |
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