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Stand-offish   Listen
adjective
stand-offish, standoffish  adj.  Shy or distant in manner; cold; aloof; reserved; not friendly.
Synonyms: offish.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Stand-offish" Quotes from Famous Books



... how slight, is dangerous. I hope you aren't studying too hard or overdoing athletics. It is so easy to tax one's strength too much when one gets excited. I am sure I don't know what to think of the English students being "standoffish" with Americans. It seems very foolish of them not to be nice and friendly, especially to Virginians, who were really English in the beginning. But I am glad that you don't mind, and that you would rather be a countryman of George ...
— Virginia • Ellen Glasgow



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