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Every standoffish adult survived as a chick by this cuddling.

In Google’s earliest days its co-founders were standoffish at best with journalists.

From Fortune

A father whose son played soccer with Holmes recalls that the young man was “kind of a strange, standoffish kid,” he said.

Jack and Jill, the two biggest ones, they was a leetle mite standoffish and inclined to play it safe.

He seemed to be extremely standoffish, cold from embarrassment, and proud from lack of graciousness.

His initial impression was he was a shade standoffish or not over effusive but it grew on him someway.

The meal ended, she rose and swept him a curtsey, neither over-friendly nor standoffish.

I am sure I don't know what to think of the English students being "standoffish" with Americans.

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On this page you'll find 49 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to standoffish, such as: aloof, antisocial, cool, eremitic, haughty, and indifferent.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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