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What does stand-offish mean?

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Adjective
  1. Alternative spelling of standoffish
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He's usually stand-offish but seems he and the Captain are talking more as of late so I think that gives us a full house.
Some politicians can be very stand-offish but Mr Blair was very nice and pleasant.
He hadn't been cruel or physically abusive, merely distant and stand-offish.
She writes in the same light, charming, though slightly stand-offish style.
He has a reputation for being wooden and stand-offish, but I think he comes across as both personable and thoughtful in his ads.
Even the fiercest Rottwieler or the stand-offish German Shepherd becomes as timid as a doe when Murugan takes them by the leash.

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