Definizione monolingua

aloof

aloof (comparative more aloof, superlative most aloof)

1. Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant

aloof (comparative more aloof, superlative most aloof)

1. At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
   • 1697, John Dryden, “Part 13”, in Virgils Aeneid, edition Harvard Classics, translation of original by Virgil, published 2004, page 113:

     The noise approaches, tho our palace stood / Aloof from streets, encompassd with a wood

2. Without sympathy; unfavorably.
   • 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday evening, page 363:

     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.

Definizione dizionario aloof

	a distanza
	Apart or at a distance from other people.

	a parte
	Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation.

	distaccato
	Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant

	distante
	Not sociable and friendly.

freddo

lontano

riservato

separato

Altri significati:

(Can we date this quote?) 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.

without sympathy

at or from a distance

(Can we date this quote?) Our palace stood aloof from streets. --Dryden.

At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.

Without sympathy; unfavorably.