Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aloof"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aloof \A*loof"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Alewife}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aloof \A*loof"\, adv. [Pref. a- + loof, fr. D. loef luff, and so
meaning, as a nautical word, to the windward. See {Loof},
{Luff}.]
1. At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small
distance; apart; away.
Our palace stood aloof from streets. --Dryden.
2. Without sympathy; unfavorably.
To make the Bible as from the hand of God, and then
to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst
of all impieties. --I. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aloof \A*loof"\, prep.
Away from; clear from. [Obs.]
Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks
and quicksands. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aloof
adj : remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a
distant smile" [syn: {distant}]
adv : in an aloof manner; "the local gentry and professional
classes had held aloof for the school had accepted
their sons readily enough"
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