aloofly

adv

adv

Etymology From aloof + -ly.

In an aloof manner.

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.1919, Thomas Hardy, “For Life I Had Never Cared Greatly”, in Moments of Vision:
The girl, with eyebrows arched aloofly, continued to glance about the street[.]1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 87:

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