Definition of aloof

Overview of adj aloof

The adj aloof has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) aloof, distant, upstage

(remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers")

Overview of adv aloof

The adv aloof has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. aloof

(in an aloof manner; "the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough")