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Look up: aloof

  1. aloof
    reserved indifferent 
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  2. aloof
    [adj] - remote in manner 2. [adv] - in an aloof manner
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Aloof
    A·loof' noun (Zoology) Same as Alewife .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/62

  4. Aloof
    A·loof' adverb [ Prefix a- + loof , from Dutch 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; awa...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/62

  5. Aloof
    A·loof' preposition Away from; clear from. [ Obsolete] « Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands. Milton. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/62

  6. aloof
    <zoology> Same as Alewife. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. aloof
    distant adjective remote in manner; `stood apart with aloof dignity`; `a distant smile`; `he was upstage with strangers`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. aloof
    adverb in an aloof manner; `the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. Aloof
    • (prep.) Away from; clear from. • (adv.) Without sympathy; unfavorably. • (adv.) At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away. • (n.) Same as Alewife.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning



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