standoffish

IPA: stˈændɔfɪʃ

Examples of "standoffish" in Sentences

He may seem a bit standoffish, which is likely just his natural reserved personality.
I have not been very reliable with meme's in recent months....almost to the point of being rude and 'standoffish'.
“And I’m not going to be like ‘I don’t like Kate… But, I mean, she’s pretty, you know, standoffish, which is kind of weird.”
The characterization of private enterprise as 'standoffish' by a former government insider, whose focus was not cyber, highlights the heart of the problem.
I had met her once briefly (like literally a 3 minute conversation – I only remembered her because the piercing blue eyes/dark hair combo is pretty unusual) at a bar on the waterfront and she struck me as kind of standoffish and stuck up.
But it was not until August 6, when Britain's International Television News (ITN) broadcast the first television pictures from the camps, that President Bush found himself forced to defend his "standoffish" policy toward the former Yugoslavia.