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aloof
adjective
adverb
Remote in manner
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əˈluːf
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adjective
Remote in manner
“Stood apart with aloof dignity”
adverb
In an aloof manner
“The local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough”
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Stood apart with aloof dignity
A distant smile
He was upstage with strangers
The local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough
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