ALOOF


Meaning of ALOOF in English

adj. & adv.

adj. distant, unsympathetic.

adv. away, apart (he kept aloof from his colleagues). aloofly adv. aloofness n.

[ orig. Naut., f. A(2) + LUFF ]

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