- adjectivealoof (adjective)
- not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant:"they were courteous but faintly aloof" · "an aloof and somewhat austere figure"
- conspicuously uninvolved and uninterested, typically through distaste:"he stayed aloof from the bickering"
Originmid 16th century: from a- (expressing direction) + luff. The term was originally an adverb in nautical use, meaning ‘away and to windward!’, i.e. with the ship's head kept close to the wind away from a lee shore etc. towards which it might drift. From this arose the sense ‘at a distance’.Similar and Opposite Wordsadjective
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: the quality or state of being aloof or emotionally distant Her aloofness … did not endear her to the rest of the company … — Marybeth Kerrigan … there was an aloofness in him which the boys and I could never quite bridge.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aloofnessWhile all these words mean "not showing or feeling interest," aloof suggests a cool reserve arising from a sense of superiority or disdain for inferiors or from shyness. When might detached be a better fit than aloof?
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