4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aloof \A*loof"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Alewife}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aloof \A*loof"\, adv [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aloof \A*loof"\, prep.
Away from clear from [Obs.]
Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks
and quicksands. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
aloof
adj : remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a
distant smile" [syn: {distant}]
adv : in an aloof manner; "the local gentry and professional
classes had held aloof for the school had accepted
their sons readily enough"
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