stand-offish
- a variation of standoffish.
Example Sentences
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Many are also genuinely upset about missed connections, expiring messages and concerns their matches - known on the app as "bagels"- would think they were being stand-offish.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2023
Wilbusch’s Avraham, or Avi to his colleagues, is a lone-wolf of a detective — brilliant but a bit stand-offish and sometimes too blunt.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
Seems a little stand-offish at first, but I expect he’ll warm up.
From Slate ● Dec. 30, 2019
I never felt I was being stand-offish, but maybe there was something in my body language that made me less approachable.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2017
Dinky-Dunk rather surprised me to-day by asking why I was so stand-offish with his Cousin Allie.
From The Prairie Mother by Becher, Arthur E.
