Definition of Aloof

A`loof´
n.1.(Zool.) Same as Alewife.
adv.1.At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
Our palace stood aloof from streets.
- Dryden.
2.Without sympathy; unfavorably.
prep.1.Away from; clear from.


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