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standoffishly
adverb
informal disapprovinguk /ˌstændˈɒf.ɪʃ.li/ us /ˌstændˈɑː.fɪʃ.li/
in a way that is slightly unfriendly and too formal: 冷淡地，疏远地
She answered standoffishly, "I'll think about it."她冷淡地回答说：“我会考虑的。”
He watched us standoffishly for a while, then came over to join us.他冷漠地看了我们一会儿，然后走过来加入了我们。
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standoffish
He was treated a little standoffishly by the restaurant staff.
"So," he said, a little coldly and standoffishly, "what do you think?".
They treated each other as neither intimate friends nor standoffishly.
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abruptly
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frigid
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remote
remoteness
reserved
saturnine
wintry
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