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offish

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off·ish  (ôfsh, fsh)
adj.
Inclined to be distant and reserved; aloof.
offish·ly adv.
offish·ness n.
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Adj.1.offish - lacking cordiality; unfriendly; "a standoffish manner"
standoffish
unapproachable - discouraging intimacies; reserved; "an unapproachable executive"


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She let him do as he liked, although in the street she was offish enough to other men, refusing their familiarities partly from decorum and partly for contempt for their commonness.
An Old Maid by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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