All 3 Uses
aloof
in
Romeo and Juliet
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- Hence and stand aloof.†
p. 219.8 *aloof = socially distant or uninterested
- Upon thy life I charge thee,
Whate'er thou hearest 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.†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)