offish
adjective
aloof; unapproachable; standoffish.
offishness
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a word derived from
offish.
Example Sentences
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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
And by the same token, how was I to guess that her brother Pat's offishness with me was anything else than temperamental gloominess of spirit?
From John Barleycorn by Jack London
I feel that offishness is my strong holt—and endearin' myself to the masses.
From Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician by Marietta Holley
It will not be long before Iola will notice the offishness of girls of her own age, and the scornful glances which, even now, I think, are leveled at her.
From Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
If you don’t suggest offishness, none will be suspected.
From At the Crossroads by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
