standoffish
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[edit] English
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standoffish (comparative more standoffish, superlative most standoffish)
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- Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly.
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- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, episode 16,
- His initial impression was that he was a bit standoffish or not over effusive.
- 1928, D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover, ch. 7,
- They were always a haughty family, standoffish in a way, as they've a right to be.
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- “standoffish” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- "standoffish" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
- "standoffish" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
- "standoffish" in Compact Oxford English Dictionary, © Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.