English-Thai Dictionary

aloof

ADJ ที่อยู่ ไกล  removed remote ti-yu-klai

 

aloof

ADV ห่างไกล  hang-klai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ALOOF

adv. [Probably from the root of leave, to depart. ] 1. At a distance, but within view, or at a small distance, in a literal sense; as, to stand aloof.
2. In a figurative sense, not concerned in a design; declining to take any share, implying circumspection; keeping at a distance from the point, or matter in debate.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ALOOF

ALOOF A *loof ", n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Same as Alewife.

 

ALOOF

A *loof ", adv. Etym: [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.

 

ALOOF

ALOOF A *loof ", prep.

 

Defn: Away from; clear from. [Obs. ] Rivetus... would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands. Milton.

 

ALOOFNESS

ALOOFNESS A *loof "ness, n.

 

Defn: State of being aloof. Rogers (1642 ). The. .. aloofness of his dim forest life. Thoreau.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

aloof

a loof |əˈlo͞of əˈluf | ▶adjective not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant: they were courteous but faintly aloof | an aloof and somewhat austere figure. • conspicuously uninvolved and uninterested, typically through distaste: he stayed aloof from the bickering. DERIVATIVES a loof ly adverb, a loof ness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from a- 2 (expressing direction ) + luff. The term was originally an adverb in nautical use, meaning ‘away and to windward!, ’ i.e., with the ship's head kept close to the wind away from a lee shore, etc. , toward which it might otherwise drift. From this arose the sense ‘at a distance ’ literally or figuratively.

 

Oxford Dictionary

aloof

aloof |əˈluːf | ▶adjective not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant: they were courteous but faintly aloof | an aloof and somewhat austere figure. • conspicuously uninvolved: he stayed aloof from the bickering. DERIVATIVES aloofly adverb, aloofness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from a- 2 (expressing direction ) + luff. The term was originally an adverb in nautical use, meaning ‘away and to windward! ’, i.e. with the ship's head kept close to the wind away from a lee shore etc. towards which it might drift. From this arose the sense ‘at a distance ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

aloof

aloof adjective part of their strategy is to remain aloof during the first stages of negotiation: distant, detached, unfriendly, antisocial, unsociable, remote, unapproachable, formal, stiff, withdrawn, reserved, unforthcoming, uncommunicative, unsympathetic; informal standoffish. ANTONYMS familiar, friendly.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

aloof

aloof adjective I used to be aloof because I didn't want people becoming too familiar: distant, detached, unresponsive, remote, unapproachable, forbidding, stand-offish, formal, impersonal, stiff, austere, stuffy, withdrawn, reserved, unforthcoming, uncommunicative, indifferent; unfriendly, unsympathetic, unsociable, antisocial, cool, cold, chilly, frigid, frosty; haughty, supercilious, disdainful. ANTONYMS familiar, friendly.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

aloof

a loof /əlúːf /形容詞 1 ｟かたく ｠〖通例be ～〗 «…に対して » 離れている, 関心がない «from , to » ▸ remain [stand ] aloof from the quarrel けんかに加わらない ▸ keep [hold (oneself )] aloof from politics 政治には関わらない 2 ｟しばしばけなして ｠冷淡な, よそよそしい ▸ in an aloof manner 超然とした態度で ～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞 U «…に対する » 無関心 «from » .