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- adjective Alternative spelling of
standoffish .
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Examples
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Given his reputation, I was expecting him to be a bit stand-offish, but nothing could have been further from the truth.
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Given his reputation, I was expecting him to be a bit stand-offish, but nothing could have been further from the truth.
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Ah, there, those stand-offish words will hear about the awards and want to return to the writing fold.
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When I got back to pick her up they were eating lunch and she was a bit stand-offish with me at first.
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And one builds a family by being welcoming and approachable, not mysterious or stand-offish.
Michael Kaiser: Fundraising Is Not About Being Charming to Rich People
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Sometimes you may be forgiven for thinking that New Yorkers of any stripe can be cold, aloof, and stand-offish, and never more so than whilst strutting their stuff in a Chelsea leather bar, where the stakes are rather higher, at least as far as maintaining the masculinity credentials is concerned, than the opening of an art exhibition, or a midtown book party.
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Maura in the books is dark-haired, intense, and stand-offish.
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In the act of relief, the prime minister called out: “Feeling stand-offish today, Winston?”
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Maura in the books is dark-haired, intense, and stand-offish.
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When I got back to pick her up they were eating lunch and she was a bit stand-offish with me at first.
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