Meanings
adverbaloofly (comparative more aloofly, superlative most aloofly)
comparative more aloofly · superlative most aloofly
- In an aloof manner.
The girl, with eyebrows arched aloofly, continued to glance about the street[.]
1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 871 more example
With symphonies soft and sweet colour It courted me then, Till evasions seemed wrong, Till evasions gave in to its song, And I warmed, until living aloofly loomed duller Than life among men.
1919, Thomas Hardy, “For Life I Had Never Cared Greatly”, in Moments of Vision
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Finnish etäisesti, varautuneesti
- etäisestiin an aloof manner
- varautuneestiin an aloof manner
- kylmäkiskoisestiin an aloof manner
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Chicago
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