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Definition of "offish" []

  • Inclined to be distant and reserved; aloof. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "offish" in a sentence
  • "She chooses roles which are a little stand-offish, which is not what you would want for a role like Cat, but for Cersei it is perfect."
  • "We do not drive to the "offish" unless we are very, very drunk, in which case we might be arrested by the ... poleesh?"
  • "Yesterday rather "offish" whole day; felt just as though "it wouldn't come.""