Both Uses of
aloof
in
My Antonia
- Of all the strange, uprooted people among the first settlers, those two men were the strangest and the most aloof.†
Book 1 *aloof = socially distant or uninterested
- Larry wore this air of official aloofness even on the street, where there were no car-windows to compromise his dignity.†
Book 4aloofness = the quality or degree of being socially distant or uninterested
Definition:
socially distant or uninterested in something that interests others -- often thinking oneself superior to others