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stand-offish

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stand-offish
adjective reserved, remote, distant, aloof, cold, haughty, unapproachable, unsociable He can be quite stand-offish and rude, even to his friends.
open, warm, friendly, cordial, sociable, affable, congenial, approachable
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stand-offish [ˌstændˈɒfɪʃ] ADJdistante, reservado


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It is no doubt highly delightful to have to do with a person who grins one moment about nothing at all, and snivels the next for precisely the same cause, and who then giggles, and then sulks, and who is rude, and affectionate, and bad-tempered, and jolly, and boisterous, and silent, and passionate, and cold, and stand-offish, and flopping, all in one minute (mind, I don't say this.
He was stand-offish with the other agents, and they on their side said he was the manager's spy upon them.
 
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