Definition of "aloofness" []

• The state of being aloof (noun)

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• "Part of what students currently see as an aloofness is just running to the next obligation ..."
• "True, I noticed a certain aloofness on the part of my general friends, but this I ascribed to the disapproval that was prevalent in my circles of my intended marriage with Ernest."
• "Trethaway, who had felt the aloofness from the start, caught an opportunity with Frona while Captain Alexander and Corliss were being pleasant to Mrs. Trethaway."