Aloof vs Loof - What's the difference?
aloof | loof |
At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
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*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=2 Without sympathy; unfavorably.
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Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
(obsolete) away from; clear of
* Milton
(anatomy, now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The palm of the hand.
(anatomy, now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The hand, especially, the hand outspread and upturned.
(nautical, obsolete) A contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) used for altering the course of a ship.
(nautical) The after part of the bow of a ship where the sides begin to curve.
The spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa aegyptiaca ).
(Webster 1913)
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As an adverb aloof
is at or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.As an adjective aloof
is reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.As a preposition aloof
is away from; clear of.As a noun loof is
the palm of the hand.aloof
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(English prepositions)- Rivetus would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands.