A standoffish manner. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He may seem a bit standoffish, which is likely just his natural reserved personality. From Wordnik.com. [The Unaffiliated Will Decide] Reference
Price, 61, said if people think he's "standoffish" or "snobby," that's not his intent. From Wordnik.com. [dailypress.com - Breaking news] Reference
Yust said the clerk who assisted her at the DMV on Oct. 21 was "standoffish" but not rude. From Wordnik.com. [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference
Europeans and they all seem to pleasent enough if a bit standoffish which is understandable. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Would Alex choose the standoffish or the sweet one?. From Wordnik.com. [Amanda Gets The Guy] Reference
They ` re being standoffish about this at this point. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 22, 2008] Reference
I don't mean to be so standoffish and intimidating. From Wordnik.com. [Cross your fingers and pray for winter] Reference
Barack Obama is diffusing it in a very standoffish way. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2008] Reference
Somebody standoffish they probably don't feel good about. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Reliable Sources: Relationship Between Hillary Clinton and New York Media Goes Sour; How Does Media Factor in on Campaign Trail? - January 22, 2000] Reference
Oddly enough cool, standoffish Veronica likes to watch. From Wordnik.com. [FAMILY VALUES] Reference
Evidently I was a little standoffish in earlier primaries. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - CNN Late Edition: Bush Wins in South Carolina; Bush Victory Bigger Most Expected - February 20, 2000] Reference
Nor was it that the thranx were indifferent or standoffish. From Wordnik.com. [Dirge]
But he was also autocratic, short tempered and standoffish. From Wordnik.com. [Defrosting A Lost Tale Of Daring On The Arctic Ic] Reference
The generally affable Bill Kristol was similarly standoffish. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Neocons] Reference
Almihdhar seems to have been a bit dimmer and more standoffish. From Wordnik.com. [Cracking The Terror Code] Reference
And the Clinton folks, you know, have been standoffish at times. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 27, 2008] Reference
He's very old-fashioned, somewhat forbidding, a bit standoffish. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Death]
I'm too nice to be standoffish and to project impenetrable ennui. From Wordnik.com. [truckeratlas Diary Entry] Reference
"He wasn't at all standoffish," said former senator Wendell Ford. From Wordnik.com. [Bradley’S Shot] Reference
If you ` re standoffish about it, then, we ` ll keep coming at you. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 15, 2009] Reference
GARRELS: Orthodox churches have been criticized for being standoffish. From Wordnik.com. [Russian Convents Face Obstacles To Restoring Past] Reference
I was standoffish and distant and Mark criticized me for that on Sunday. From Wordnik.com. [2001-05-22 6:34 a.m.] Reference
And Allie, of course, is the most standoffish cat on the face of the earth. From Wordnik.com. [While Other People Sleep]
Suddenly everyone, even the most standoffish locals, wanted to talk at once. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
He was much more reserved and standoffish, and that's why I was attracted to him. From Wordnik.com. ['He Was Everything I Look For'] Reference
For all his jaunty cannoneer muffs and standoffish manner, Scrupilo was terrified. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
So I was pretty standoffish, because, you know, I was a good Southern Baptist girl. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 16, 2002] Reference
Norah ignored the remark, glancing now at Rachel with a polite but standoffish smile. From Wordnik.com. [Deception Point]
The creature was obviously a Flenserist fanatic, standoffish and rigid much of the time. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
Appropriately, the animals 'personalities are introverted, standoffish, or a little sad. From Wordnik.com. [Cherie Louise Turner: Review: Dave Eggers and David Byrne, 'It Is Right to Draw Their Fur,' at SF Electric Works] Reference
He was also fed up with Sipple's standoffish manner; Sipple wasn't engaged in the campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Look Now] Reference
Did the President apologize to Espy for his standoffish behavior during this whole escapade?. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Joe Lockhart] Reference
It seemed like to me that they were separate sort of standoffish to everybody from the class. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Gloria Register Jeter, December 23, 2000. Interview K-0549. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
After, he told everyone I started an argument and stabbed him, his friends newly standoffish. From Wordnik.com. [The Taste in My Mouth] Reference
True, his mates teased him for being ‘standoffish’, but he was regarded as a model workman. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Lazy Burglar]
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She has been very quiet, very standoffish and has not assisted us in any way. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2010] Reference
You know, at first when Karissa was going, he was a little bit more standoffish about him going. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 16, 2005] Reference
To make matters worse, Dish Boggett was standoffish and made no attempt to make friends with him. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
He's been very standoffish on this, because he does not want the United States to become the story. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2009] Reference
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