I refer to the tendency at the present time among the new group of officials to be bureaucratic,standoffishand almost unapproachable.
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I have given an undertaking that as far as official co-operation is concerned we will not bestandoffishbut will be as helpful as we properly can be.
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Despite this, he is otherwise a rather normal, though somewhat aloof andstandoffish, boy.
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His poetry is sometimes criticized asstandoffishand intricate.
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They enjoy company, and although they may initially bestandoffishwith strangers, they are easily won over.
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It turns out she is thrifty, environmentally friendly and a bitstandoffish, which turns out to be the opposite of what a sister should be.
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He excels at beingstandoffish, at having more confidence than a human should reasonably possess.
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He is a stern,standoffishguy who is a genius in all things mechanic, especially robots.
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He also used the wordsstandoffishand tightness.
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