offish
Example Sentences
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But the only man who takes an interest in him is an offish fellow named Fitzgerald.
From Washington Post
Within a couple of weeks of me moving in we went out for a meal, and as we came back he was basically quite offish with me, and I just didn't understand.
From BBC
Everybody went fishing and everybody caught a lot offish.
From Literature
With no other food coming into the city, the price offish was ten times what it had been before the war, and still rising.
From Literature
As coupledom is only real if it’s Facebook offish, I decided to see what happens when I sent an “Ask” inquiry regarding my boyfriend’s empty relationship status:
From Time
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
