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Aloofness |
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Aloofness Bartleby refuses to associate with others or even to mingle with other employees. [Am. Lit.: Melville Bartleby the Scrivener] successful attorney blinded by his emotional coldness and his need for propriety and respectability. [Am. Lit.: John O’Hara Ten North Frederick in Benét, 732] so aloof that nobody dares to ask him his first name. [Am. Lit.: Catch-22]
enigmatic and aloof from intimacy; addressed others as “old sport.” [Am. Lit.: The Great Gatsby] paranoid sea captain remains incognito for half a voyage. [Fr. Lit.: Captain Hatteras] eccentric lady who resents men; maintains a detached attitude toward Pip. [Br. Lit.: Great Expectations] mysteriously reluctant to reveal her past. [Am. Lit.: The Marble Faun] officious officer; will not talk with enlisted men. [Am. Lit.: Mister Roberts, Magill I, 605–607] “not troubled with other folks’ strife.” [Nurs. Rhyme: Mother Goose, 13] distant from even his own feelings about Daisy. [Am. Lit.: Daisy Miller] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Larry wore this air of official aloofness even on the street, where there were no car-windows to compromise his dignity. His appearance was wild and uncouth; there was aloofness in his eyes and sensuality in his mouth; he was big and strong; he gave the impression of untamed passion; and perhaps she felt in him, too, that sinister element which had made me think of those wild beings of the world's early history when matter, retaining its early connection with the earth, seemed to possess yet a spirit of its own. Consequently there became established between us relations which, to a large extent, were incomprehensible to me, considering her general pride and aloofness. |
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