Both Uses of
aloof
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- It was remarkable that Raskolnikov had hardly any friends at the university; he kept aloof from everyone, went to see no one, and did not welcome anyone who came to see him, and indeed everyone soon gave him up.†
Chpt 1.4 *aloof = socially distant or uninterested
- At last the news came (Dounia had indeed noticed signs of alarm and uneasiness in the preceding letters) that he held aloof from everyone, that his fellow prisoners did not like him, that he kept silent for days at a time and was becoming very pale.†
Chpt Epil.
Definition:
socially distant or uninterested in something that interests others -- often thinking oneself superior to others