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aloofly
aloofly
English
Adverb
aloofly (comparative alooflier or more aloofly, superlative aloofliest or most aloofly)
- In an aloof manner.
- 1919, Thomas Hardy, "For Life I Had Never Cared Greatly" in Moments of Vision:
- With symphonies soft and sweet colour
- It courted me then,
- Till evasions seemed wrong,
- Till evasions gave in to its song,
- And I warmed, until living aloofly loomed duller
- Than life among men.
- 1919, Thomas Hardy, "For Life I Had Never Cared Greatly" in Moments of Vision:
Translations
in an aloof manner