aloofly

English

Etymology

aloof +‎ -ly

Adverb

aloofly (comparative alooflier or more aloofly, superlative aloofliest or most aloofly)

1. In an aloof manner.
   • 1919, Thomas Hardy, "For Life I Had Never Cared Greatly" in Moments of Vision:

     With symphonies soft and sweet colour

     It courted me then,

     Till evasions seemed wrong,

     Till evasions gave in to its song,

     And I warmed, until living aloofly loomed duller

     Than life among men.

Translations

in an aloof manner

• Finnish: etäisesti (fi), varautuneesti, kylmäkiskoisesti (fi)
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