adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Many may interpret such a self-centred approach as selfish or stand-offish - that is too bad.
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We sociologists have had good reason to be stand-offish .
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Without wishing to be over-familiar but not to be stand-offish either, I put one hand on her shoulder.
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Would he think her very rude and stand-offish now?
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You're not so stand-offish after all.