All 6 Uses
aloof
in
Romeo and Juliet
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- Give me thy torch, boy: hence, and stand aloof;—Yet put it out, for I would not be seen.†
Scene 5.3 *
- Give me thy torch, boy: hence, and stand aloof;—Yet put it out, for I would not be seen.†
p. 219.8 *
- Give me the light; upon thy life I charge thee,
Whate'er thou hear'st or seest, stand all aloof
And do not interrupt me in my course.†Scene 5.3 - Give me the light; upon thy life I charge thee,
Whate'er thou hear'st or seest, stand all aloof
And do not interrupt me in my course.†p. 221.8 - He came with flowers to strew his lady's grave;
And bid me stand aloof, and so I did:
Anon comes one with light to ope the tomb;
And by-and-by my master drew on him;
And then I ran away to call the watch.†Scene 5.3 - He came with flowers to strew his lady's grave;
And bid me stand aloof, and so I did:
Anon comes one with light to ope the tomb;
And by-and-by my master drew on him;
And then I ran away to call the watch.†p. 241.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(aloof) socially distant or uninterested in something that interests others -- often thinking oneself superior to others
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)