Definition of Aloof

1. Adjective. Remote in manner. "He was upstage with strangers"

Exact synonyms: Distant, Upstage
Similar to: Reserved
Derivative terms: Aloofness, Distance

2. Adverb. In an aloof manner. "The local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough"

Definition of Aloof

1. n. Same as Alewife.

2. adv. At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.

3. prep. Away from; clear from.

Definition of Aloof

1. distant in interest or feeling [adj] : ALOOFLY [adv]

Medical Definition of Aloof

1. Same as Alewife. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aloof

Alois Senefelder
alomancy
alone
alone(p)
alonely
alonely
aloneness
alonenesses
along
alongshore
alongside
alongside
alongst
Alonso
aloof (current term)
aloof (current term)
aloofly
aloofness
aloofnesses
alopecia
alopecia
alopecias
alopecia adnata
alopecia areata
alopecia areata
alopecia cicatrisata
alopecia congenitalis
alopecia disseminata
alopecia leprotica
alopecia marginalis

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