[aloof] adv [obs. aloof to windward, fr. [1]a- + louf, luf luff] (ca. 1540): at a distance
[2]aloof adj (1608): removed or distant either physically or emotionally "the ~ composer neither worried nor cared about public opinion --Mary Jane Matz" "he stood ~ from worldly success --John Buchan" syn see indifferent -- aloof.ly adv -- aloof.ness n