aloof | to keep aloof from | to stand aloof from the others [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Aloof \A*loof"\, adv. [Pref. a- + loof, fr. D. loef luff, and so
meaning, as a nautical word, to the windward. See {Loof},
{Luff}.]
1. At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small
distance; apart; away.
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Our palace stood aloof from streets. --Dryden.
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2. Without sympathy; unfavorably.
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To make the Bible as from the hand of God, and then
to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst
of all impieties. --I. Taylor.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Aloof \A*loof"\, prep.
Away from; clear from. [Obs.]
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Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks
and quicksands. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Aloof \A*loof"\, n. (Zool.)
Same as {Alewife}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aloof
adv 1: in an aloof manner; "the local gentry and professional
classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their
sons readily enough"
adj 1: remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a
distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" [syn:
{aloof}, {distant}, {upstage}]
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