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stand-offish

stand-offish is the alternative form of standoffish.

Meaning of standoffish

Adjective

standoffish (comparative more standoffish, superlative most standoffish)

  1. Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly.
    • He was stand-offish with the other agents. They on their side said he was the manager’s spy upon them.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 213...

Forms of stand-offish

comparativemore stand-offish
superlativemost stand-offish

Questions about stand-offish

What is stand-offish the alternative form of?
Stand-offish is the alternative form of standoffish.

Words near stand-offish in the dictionary

  1. stand-down
  2. stand-downs
  3. stand-in
  4. stand-ins
  5. stand-off
  6. stand-offish
  7. stand-offishly
  8. stand-offishness
  9. stand-offs
  10. stand-out
  11. stand-point

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