offish
adjective
aloof; unapproachable; standoffish.
offishness
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a word derived from
offish.
Example Sentences
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This offishness and even hostility on the part of the dogs did not much disturb the boys.
From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by J. E. Laughlin
If you don’t suggest offishness, none will be suspected.
From At the Crossroads by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
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 Nora Perry
I never saw anybody so persistent as you were, Dolly; you fairly pushed her into stiffness and offishness.
From Hope Benham A Story for Girls by Nora Perry
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 Rudolf Mencl
