Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Aloof or reserved.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
stand-off .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Shy or distant in manner; cold; aloof; reserved; not friendly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Aloof ;reserved ;unsociable andunfriendly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking cordiality; unfriendly
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Examples
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He may seem a bit standoffish, which is likely just his natural reserved personality.
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The characterization of private enterprise as 'standoffish' by a former government insider, whose focus was not cyber, highlights the heart of the problem.
Art Coviello: Government's Earlier Failure to Act Clouds the Facts Art Coviello 2011
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The characterization of private enterprise as 'standoffish' by a former government insider, whose focus was not cyber, highlights the heart of the problem.
Art Coviello: Government's Earlier Failure to Act Clouds the Facts Art Coviello 2011
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The characterization of private enterprise as 'standoffish' by a former government insider, whose focus was not cyber, highlights the heart of the problem.
Art Coviello: Government's Earlier Failure to Act Clouds the Facts Art Coviello 2011
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The characterization of private enterprise as 'standoffish' by a former government insider, whose focus was not cyber, highlights the heart of the problem.
Art Coviello: Government's Earlier Failure to Act Clouds the Facts Art Coviello 2011
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I have not been very reliable with meme's in recent months....almost to the point of being rude and 'standoffish'.
7 Things You Don't Need to Know About Me Julie Lindsay 2009
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I have not been very reliable with meme's in recent months....almost to the point of being rude and 'standoffish'.
Archive 2009-01-01 Julie Lindsay 2009
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I had met her once briefly (like literally a 3 minute conversation – I only remembered her because the piercing blue eyes/dark hair combo is pretty unusual) at a bar on the waterfront and she struck me as kind of standoffish and stuck up.
drbigbeef Diary Entry drbigbeef 2006
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But it was not until August 6, when Britain's International Television News (ITN) broadcast the first television pictures from the camps, that President Bush found himself forced to defend his "standoffish" policy toward the former Yugoslavia.
America and the Bosnia Genocide Danner, Mark 1997
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“And I’m not going to be like ‘I don’t like Kate… But, I mean, she’s pretty, you know, standoffish, which is kind of weird.”
Shannen Doherty Mark Ballas First Couple Voted Off “Dancing With The Stars” 2010
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