Aloof vs Supercilious - What's the difference?
aloof | supercilious |
At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
*
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=2 Without sympathy; unfavorably.
*
Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
(obsolete) away from; clear of
* Milton
Arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.
* 2013 May 23, , "
*
As adjectives the difference between aloof and supercilious
is that aloof is reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish while supercilious is arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.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 away from; clear of.aloof
English
Adverb
(en adverb)citation, passage=Mother
Adjective
(en adjective)See also
* See alsoPreposition
(English prepositions)- Rivetus would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands.
supercilious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- Buffeted by criticism of his policy on Europe, battered by rebellion in the ranks over his bill to legalize same-sex marriage and wounded by the perception that he is supercilious , contemptuous and out of touch with mainstream Conservatism, Mr. Cameron earlier this week took the highly unusual step of sending a mass e-mail (or, as he called it, “a personal note”) to his party’s grass-roots members.
- Now he was a sturdy, straw haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner.