Both Uses of
aloof
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- Nor do we find him forward to be sounded, But, with a crafty madness, keeps aloof When we would bring him on to some confession Of his true state.†
Scene 3.1 *
- But in my terms of honour I stand aloof; and will no reconcilement Till by some elder masters of known honour I have a voice and precedent of peace To keep my name ungor'd.†
Scene 5.2
Definition:
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(aloof) socially distant or uninterested in something that interests others -- often thinking oneself superior to others