standoffishly
adverb
informal disapprovinguk/ˌstændˈɒf.ɪʃ.li/us/ˌstændˈɑː.fɪʃ.li/in a way that isslightlyunfriendlyand tooformal:
冷淡地，疏远地Sheansweredstandoffishly, "I'llthinkabout it."她冷淡地回答说：“我会考虑的。”
Hewatchedus standoffishly for a while, then came over tojoinus.他冷漠地看了我们一会儿，然后走过来加入了我们。
See
standoffish
- He wastreateda little standoffishly by therestaurantstaff.
- "So," he said, a littlecoldlyand standoffishly, "what do youthink?".
- Theytreatedeach other as neitherintimatefriendsnorstandoffishly.
Not being friendly
- abrasive
- abrasively
- abrasiveness
- abruptly
- abruptness
- antagonism
- antagonistic
- coolness
- dourness
- estrange
- estranged
- estrangement
- forbidding
- prickly
- sourly
- sourness
- standoffish
- standoffishness
- sullen
- surly