Aloof

n.	1.	(Zool.) Same as Alewife.
adv.	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.
prep.	1.	Away from; clear from. Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands. - Milton.

Adj.	1.	aloof - remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" Synonyms: upstage, distant
Adv.	1.	aloof - in an aloof manner; "the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough"

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