aloof

aloof has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. Same as Alewife.
• adv.. At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
• adv.. Without sympathy; unfavorably.
• prep.. Away from; clear from.
• a.. remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"
• adv.. in an aloof manner; "the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough"