Aloofness
the quality or state of being , distant, or reserved; indifference:
His girlfriend’s recent aloofness may be a sign that the relationship is over.
Historical Examples
It is his aloofness that his audiences resent the most of all.
Iconoclasts James Huneker
She could scarcely endure the aloofness with which he had withdrawn into himself.
Dust Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
The death of her mother and the aloofness of her father had turned all her ardors back upon herself.
The Precipice Elia Wilkinson Peattie
Too long had he cultivated reticence, aloofness, and moroseness.
White Fang Jack London
Catherine listened to the new-comer, and gave him his tea, with an aloofness of manner which was not lost on Langham.
Robert Elsmere Mrs. Humphry Ward
There is a kind of aloofness in strong men at great moments.
The Manxman Hall Caine
She loved him, veiling the depth in her vagueness, her aloofness, her indulgent irony.
Christmas Roses and Other Stories Anne Douglas Sedgwick
He was hurt by the sight of his own life, which ought to have been a masterpiece of aloofness.
Victory Joseph Conrad
She received him with a smile of welcome, and yet there was a suggestion of aloofness in her demeanour.
The Everlasting Arms Joseph Hocking
Doubtless a policy of aloofness was long the safe policy for us.
The Ethics of Coperation James Hayden Tufts
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