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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•loof /əˈluf/USA pronunciation adj. - reserved;
not showing interest:a reputation of being aloof.
adv. - at a distance in feeling or manner:remained aloof from his classmates.
a•loof•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•loof (ə lo̅o̅f′),USA pronunciation adv. - at a distance, esp. in feeling or interest;
apart:They always stood aloof from their classmates.
adj. - reserved or reticent;
indifferent;
disinterested:Because of his shyness, he had the reputation of being aloof.
- a-1 + loof luff windward 1525–35
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cool, detached; distant, standoffish; snobbish, haughty, disdainful.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged near.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged warm, open, gregarious, outgoing.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: aloof /əˈluːf/ adj - distant, unsympathetic, or supercilious in manner, attitude, or feeling
Etymology: 16th Century: from a-1 + loof, a variant of luffaˈloofly adv aˈloofness n |