Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)Away from; clear of.

Examples

23 sentences

  1. Tom is aloof.

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  2. Tom was aloof.

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  3. Don't be aloof, let's go together.

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  4. He always stands aloof from the masses.

    deEr hält sich immer abseits der Massen. — samueldora

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  5. The old man stands aloof from this world.

    deDer alte Mann hält sich fern vom Weltgeschehen. — Tamy

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Origin

From Middle English loof (“weather gage, windward direction”), probably from Middle Dutch

From Middle English loof (“weather gage, windward direction”), probably from Middle Dutch (Compare Dutch loef (“the weather side of a ship”)), originally a nautical order to keep the ship's head to the wind, thus to stay clear of a lee-shore or some other quarter, hence the figurative sense of "at a distance, apart".

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See also

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