offish
adjective
aloof; unapproachable; standoffish.
offishness
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a word derived from
offish.
Example Sentences
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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
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
He was both child and poet to her, and as she watched him trying to make friends with the men, her indignation rose against their clownish offishness.
From The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range by Hamlin Garland
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 Warren H. (Warren Hugh) Wilson
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
