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English Dictionary: aloof	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for aloof
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aloof adv in an aloof manner; "the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough" adj remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" Synonym(s): aloof, distant, upstage
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aloof \A*loof"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Alewife}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aloof \Aloof"\, adv. [Pref. a- + loof, fr. D. 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; away. Our palace stood aloof* from streets. --Dryden. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aloof \Aloof"\, prep. Away from; clear from. [Obs.] Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof* these rocks and quicksands. --Milton.