Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
stand-offish
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Many may interpret such a self-centred approach as selfish or stand-offish - that is too bad.
▪ We sociologists have had good reason to be stand-offish.
▪ 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?
▪ You're not so stand-offish after all.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
stand-offish
standoffish \stand*off"ish\, stand-offish \stand-off"ish\a. Shy or distant in manner; cold; aloof; reserved; not friendly.
Syn: offish. [PJC] -- stand*off"ish*ness, n. -- stand*off"ish*ly, adv.
Wiktionary
stand-offish
a. (alternative spelling of standoffish English)
Usage examples of "stand-offish".
Most of the boys thought him too British and stand-offish, but I knew better.
Tara was always stand-offish, and protective of Flicker—and of Vadim and Chad, too.