Examples of standoffish

• I refer to the tendency at the present time among the new group of officials to be bureaucratic, standoffish and almost unapproachable.

• I have given an undertaking that as far as official co-operation is concerned we will not be standoffish but will be as helpful as we properly can be.

• Despite this, he is otherwise a rather normal, though somewhat aloof and standoffish, boy.

• His poetry is sometimes criticized as standoffish and intricate.

• They enjoy company, and although they may initially be standoffish with strangers, they are easily won over.

• It turns out she is thrifty, environmentally friendly and a bit standoffish, which turns out to be the opposite of what a sister should be.

• He excels at being standoffish, at having more confidence than a human should reasonably possess.

• He is a stern, standoffish guy who is a genius in all things mechanic, especially robots.