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standoffish

How to use standoffish in a sentence

Every standoffish adult survived as a chick by this cuddling.

In Google’s earliest days its co-founders were standoffish at best with journalists.

Jack and Jill, the two biggest ones, they was a leetle mite standoffish and inclined to play it safe.

STEPSONS OF LIGHTEUGENE MANLOVE RHODES

He seemed to be extremely standoffish, cold from embarrassment, and proud from lack of graciousness.

His initial impression was he was a shade standoffish or not over effusive but it grew on him someway.

ULYSSESJAMES JOYCE

The meal ended, she rose and swept him a curtsey, neither over-friendly nor standoffish.

TWO SIDES OF THE FACEARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH

I am sure I don't know what to think of the English students being "standoffish" with Americans.

VIRGINIAELLEN GLASGOW

Harvie, who was the only one of us left, said that Sir Arthur was as standoffish and superior as ever.

Not that she was still what he would have called "standoffish" with him.

WINNIE CHILDSC. N. WILLIAMSON

And she was cold and terribly standoffish when she did come.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985