"Stand-offish" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... his hostess, and her air was so kind and confidential that Coxon was emboldened. He did not understand why people called the Governor's wife cold and "stand-offish"; he always insisted that no one could be more cordial than she had shown ...
— Half a Hero - A Novel • Anthony Hope
... trifle snobbish and stand-offish with some of the pert young fellow-pupils, but before long her opinion of them increased to a respect verging ...
— The Cup of Fury - A Novel of Cities and Shipyards • Rupert Hughes
... the girl a polite bow and, not wishing to show himself stand-offish, took the glass which she mixed and handed to him. He ...
— In the Mayor's Parlour • J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
... sisters and vice versa. I wonder why? I wonder whether He has a fiancee, probably he has, and what she looks like. I wish I knew whether He likes brown hair or fair hair or black hair best. But about the visit! Of course Marina and I were very standoffish. She is so frightfully conceited because she goes to the Training College. As if that were something magnificent! The High School is much more important, for from the High School one goes on to ...
— A Young Girl's Diary • An Anonymous Young Girl |
