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Aloof

Aloof Meaning & Definition
Aloof Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aloof?

[adv] in an aloof manner; "the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough"
[adj] remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Aloof: distant | reserved

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See Also |

Aloof In Webster's Dictionary

\A*loof"\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Alewife}.
\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. Our palace stood aloof from streets. --Dryden. 2. Without sympathy; unfavorably. 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.
\A*loof"\, prep. Away from; clear from. [Obs.] Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands. --Milton.

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