WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
a•loof /əˈluf/USA pronunciation
adj.
adv.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- reserved;
not showing interest:a reputation of being aloof.
adv.
- at a distance in feeling or manner:remained aloof from his classmates.
a•loof
(ə lo̅o̅f′),USA pronunciation adv.
adj.
a•loof′ly, adv.
a•loof′ness, n.
- at a distance, esp. in feeling or interest;
apart:They always stood aloof from their classmates.
adj.
- reserved or reticent;
indifferent;
disinterested:Because of his shyness, he had the reputation of being aloof.
- a-1 + loof luff windward 1525–35
a•loof′ness, n.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cool, detached; distant, standoffish; snobbish, haughty, disdainful.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged near.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged warm, open, gregarious, outgoing.
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