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offish
above all that, blank, cool, exclusive, guarded, indisposed, modest, repressed, seclusive, standoffish, unbending, withdrawn
Definition
adj.
lacking cordiality
Last update: June 29, 2015
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Some people feel a bit stand
offish
when they see people from other races.
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She sniffed in stand-
offish
inquiry at him; as at a stranger.
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"And with a damned chilly, stand-
offish
politeness," cried Sir Anthony furiously, when telling me about it.
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"Dost think, if she wanted thee, she'd have been so
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."
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"Reckon I'll wait to hear it
offish
-ul-ly before I speak."'
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He did not wish to appear surly or stand-
offish
.
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"And that's the very reason I don't want you mixed up with that mysterious,
offish
, stuck-up mess."
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