aloofly
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]aloofly (comparative alooflier or more aloofly, superlative aloofliest or most aloofly)
- In an aloof manner.
- 1919, Thomas Hardy, “For Life I Had Never Cared Greatly”, in Moments of Vision:
- With symphonies soft and sweet colour
It courted me then,
Till evasions seemed wrong,
Till evasions gave in to its song,
And I warmed, until living aloofly loomed duller
Than life among men.
Translations
[edit]in an aloof manner
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