All 6 Uses of
aloof
in
The Mill on the Floss
- Tom and Maggie made several inroads into the kitchen, and, like other marauders, were induced to keep aloof for a time only by being allowed to carry away a sufficient load of booty.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- Kept aloof from all practical life as Philip had been, and by nature half feminine in sensitiveness, he had some of the woman's intolerant repulsion toward worldliness and the deliberate pursuit of sensual enjoyment; and this one strong natural tie in his life,—his relation as a son,—was like an aching limb to him.†
Chpt 5.3
- But Stephen did not appear to notice this, and as some lady-purchasers came up, he lounged on toward Maggie's end, handling trifles and standing aloof until Wakem, who had taken out his purse, had finished his t transactions.†
Chpt 6.9
- They had begun the morning with an indifferent salutation, and both had rejoiced in being aloof from each other, like a patient who has actually done without his opium, in spite of former failures in resolution.†
Chpt 6.9
- Nevertheless, he had done what he meant to do this evening,—he had kept aloof from her; he had hardly looked at her; and he had been gayly assiduous to Lucy.†
Chpt 6.10
- He took no notice, but still kept aloof; he had done so frequently during Philip's recent visits.†
Chpt 6.13
Definition:
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(aloof) socially distant or uninterested in something that interests others -- often thinking oneself superior to others