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adj. - Lacking cordiality.

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  • She chooses roles which are a little stand-offish, which is not what you would want for a role like Cat, but for Cersei it is perfect.
  • Yesterday rather "offish" whole day; felt just as though "it wouldn't come."
  • We do not drive to the "offish" unless we are very, very drunk, in which case we might be arrested by the ... poleesh?
  • While there they said they could not replicate the problem and were kind of offish about it.
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