standoffish

"I suspect people may have thought 'oh he's pretty standoffish' but it's a combination of shyness and not knowing what to say," he said.

I went from being very standoffish about him and not trusting him to really enjoying our conversations.

Or maybe the grouchy, standoffish, self-righteous pain in the butt is a character that resonates in Denmark.

Has the media’s limited access to Ohtani created an illusion of him being more standoffish or isolated than he really is?

For her latest movie, “Sometimes I Think About Dying,” Daisy Ridley plays Fran, a drab, standoffish, occasionally obnoxious office worker.