What does "aloof" mean?
Aloof: At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away. Our palace stood aloof from streets. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.Without sympathy; unfavorably. 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.
- 3.Away from; clear from. [Obs.] Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands. Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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