Definitions
in an aloof manner
Word origin
From Middle English loof (“weather gage, windward direction”), probably from Middle Dutch (Compare Dutch loef (“the weather side of a ship”)), originally a nautical order to keep the ship's head to the wind, thus to stay clear of a lee-shore or some other quarter, hence the figurative sense of "at a distance, apart".
Used in a sentence
“Sisyphus also I saw, with unwelcomest taskage tormented, / Toilsomely hoisting aloof, unassisted, a ponderous round stone.”
“The noise approaches, tho' our palace stood Aloof from streets, encompass'd with a wood”
“But to open the Bible in this spirit — to take the Book as from the hand of God, and then to look at it aloof, and with caution, as if throughout it were illusory and enigmatical, is the worst of all impieties.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Emotionally distant”5 letters
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