aloof, distant, upstage
(adjective) remote in manner; “stood apart with aloof dignity”; “a distant smile”; “he was upstage with strangers”
aloof
(adverb) in an aloof manner; “the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
aloof (comparative more aloof, superlative most aloof)
At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
Without sympathy; unfavorably.
aloof (comparative more aloof, superlative most aloof)
Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
aloof
(obsolete) Away from; clear of.
• loofa
Source: Wiktionary
A*loof", n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Same as Alewife.
A*loof", adv. Etym: [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.
A*loof", prep.
Definition: Away from; clear from. [Obs.] Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
