0 behaving in a slightly unfriendly and too formal way
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.
