Seclusive vs Aloof - What's the difference?
seclusive | aloof |
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
As adjectives the difference between seclusive and aloof
is that seclusive is serving or tending to seclude (oneself); affecting seclusion while aloof is reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.As an adverb aloof is
at or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.As a preposition aloof is
(obsolete) away from; clear of.seclusive
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aloof
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Adverb
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Adjective
(en adjective)See also
* See alsoPreposition
(English prepositions)- Rivetus would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands.