The Only Use of
aloof
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- But I kept aloof from their more foolhardy schemes for a while, and on pain of being called a girl, I spent most of the remaining twilights that summer sitting with Miss Maudie Atkinson on her front porch.
p. 46.8aloof = socially distant or uninterested
Definition:
socially distant or uninterested in something that interests others -- often thinking oneself superior to others