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Definition of aloof

"aloof" in the adjective sense

1. aloof, distant, upstage

remote in manner

"stood apart with aloof dignity"

"a distant smile"

"he was upstage with strangers"

"aloof" in the adverb sense

1. aloof

in an aloof manner

"the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough"

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Quotations for aloof

On painting and fighting look aloof. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

I love to stand aloof from Jove and his thunderbolts. [ Proverb ]

Two pots stood by a river, one of brass, the other of clay; the water carried them away; the earthen vessel kept aloof from the other. [ L'Estrange ]

The sense of beauty is intuitive, and beauty itself is all that inspires pleasure without, and aloof from, and even contrarily to interest. [ Coleridge ]

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aloof in Scrabble®

The word aloof is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters aloof:

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The word aloof is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

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Words within the letters of aloof

2 letter words in aloof (3 words)

falaof

3 letter words in aloof (2 words)

loooaf

4 letter words in aloof (3 words)

foalfoolloaf

5 letter words in aloof (1 word)

aloof

aloof + 1 blank (1 word)

loofah

aloof + 2 blanks (4 words)

alooflyfoveolaloofahsoffload
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Words containing the sequence aloof

Words that start with aloof (3 words)

aloofalooflyaloofness

Words with aloof in them (1 word)

aloof

Words that end with aloof (1 word)

aloof
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Word Growth involving aloof

Shorter words in aloof

loo

of

Longer words containing aloof

aloofly

aloofness