Both Uses
detach
in
The Adventures of Augie March
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- Arthur Einhorn had come from Champaign for his grandfather's funeral and sat at the table in detached college elegance, hand in his woolly intellectual hair, taking it easy in the expected family folly of such an occasion; he was engaging and witty, though not youthful in appearance—he had lines in his cheeks already—despite his raccoon coat that was lying on the buffet with a beret dropped on it.†
Chpt 6detached = separated OR emotionally uninvolved (separated from emotions)
- Mr. Renling didn't seem to care and played his cards or ivories, truly detached and passionless.†
Chpt 8 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(detach) to separate something from something else (physically or emotionally)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)