stand-offish• We sociologists have had good reason to be stand-offish.• You're not so stand-offish after all.• Without wishing to be over-familiar but not to be stand-offish either, I put one hand on her shoulder.• Would he think her very rude and stand-offish now?• Many may interpret such a self-centredapproach as selfish or stand-offish - that is too bad.