Example Sentences

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Yes, stiff and offish, but dreadfully polite, and in spite of it—the offishness, I mean—I liked you.

From Hope Benham A Story for Girls by Perry, Nora

Practical politics may be said to be foreign to Quaker Hill, for reasons drawn from its isolation and religious offishness.

From Quaker Hill A Sociological Study by Wilson, Warren H. (Warren Hugh)

The unexpected return of this relic has aroused a new spirit in them, and I can see a little offishness and suspicion.

From The Boy Scouts on the Yukon by Mencl, Rudolf

Carl could not tell whether their offishness came from unfriendliness or from embarrassment.

From O Pioneers! by Cather, Willa Sibert

If you don’t suggest offishness, none will be suspected.

From At the Crossroads by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)