aloof
adverb
at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart.
aloofly
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a word derived from
aloof.
Example Sentences
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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
But the News did best on what the Times aloofly did not consider Fit to Print.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were still comically stiff-legged and bristly as they aloofly sniffed noses.
From Michael, Brother of Jerry by Jack London
