Meaning of standoffishness | Babel Free

Definitions

The state, quality, or condition of being standoffish or aloof and unsociable; aloofness.

uncountable

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Examples

“Many of the seemingly bizarre courtship practices of English males—the cautiousness, reserve and apparent stand-offishness that foreign females complain about—are characteristic features of ‘negative politeness’.”

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