aloof

Etymology
From, probably from (Compare 🇨🇬), 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".

Adverb

 * 1) At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
 * 2) Without sympathy; unfavorably.
 * 1) Without sympathy; unfavorably.
 * 1) Without sympathy; unfavorably.

Translations

 * Arabic: بَعِيدًا عَنّ, بِمَعْزِل عَن
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, , syrjästä
 * French: à l'écart, à distance
 * Galician: a distancia
 * German: (ein Stück) entfernt, auf (etwas) Abstand
 * Maori: whiwhiu
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: fad às
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish: ötede


 * Albanian: mënjanës
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, auf Abstand, auf Distanz,
 * Italian: con distacco
 * Persian: کناره‌گیر
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: fad às
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Spanish: sin compasión

Adjective

 * 1) Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, odtažitý
 * Danish: reserveret, menneskesky
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: distante
 * German:, menschenscheu, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: coimhthíoch
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Plautdietsch: huachnäsich
 * Polish: trzymający się z dala, z dystansem, z rezerwą
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: fad às
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,

Preposition

 * 1)  Away from; clear of.