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From James Bond to Jason Bourne, TV and film portrayals usually present those characters who kill for work as nonchalant and aloofly awesome.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2022

I managed to get them both sitting, albeit aloofly, after 10 minutes of screaming and storming off.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2020

Campaign manager John Sears, the Washington lawyer and strategist who had helped Reagan nearly unseat Ford in 1976, believed Reagan should remain aloofly “presidential.”

From Time • Jun. 5, 2014

One implication of this servant Christology is that the church will also be "for others"�ministering to the world, not standing aloofly in judgment against it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hence Mr Brian still confers aloofly with himself, even in the presence of adults.

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian