stand-offish in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for stand-offish in the English»Italian Dictionary (Go to Italian»English)

Translations for stand-offish in the Italian»English Dictionary (Go to English»Italian)

spocchioso [spokˈkjoso] ADJ

scostante [skosˈtante] ADJ

I.sostenuto [sosteˈnuto] VB pp

sostenuto → sostenere

II.sostenuto [sosteˈnuto] ADJ

III.sostenuto (sostenuta) [sosteˈnuto] N m (f)

See also sostenere

I.sostenere [sosteˈnere] VB trans

3. sostenere (appoggiare):

II.sostenersi VB refl

I.distante [disˈtante] ADJ

II.distante [disˈtante] ADV

stand-offish in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for stand-offish in the English»Italian Dictionary (Go to Italian»English)

Translations for stand-offish in the Italian»English Dictionary (Go to English»Italian)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
This was different from previous royal visits, when members of the family were more stand-offish, she said.
www.odt.co.nz
We get very little information about the hero except that he is gorgeous, a bit stand-offish and still lives at home.
www.telegraph.co.uk
He's still gravely-voiced and stand-offish with nearly every character he meets, but as a flinty-eyed investigator he's brilliantly realised, especially when contrasted against his more human companions.
www.bit-tech.net
Kim no longer seems to care about people's feelings and is becoming quite stand-offish.
www.independent.ie
It's not just their need to be stand-offish, because managers have the same need - but many managers are likeable.
www.lifehacker.com.au
Sometimes that can backfire on you by people being stand-offish.
www.irishmirror.ie
In the flesh, she's (if you were being kind) dreamy and vague, perhaps (if you weren't) a little stand-offish and evasive.
www.independent.co.uk
That performance in the first half was very stand-offish, it was everything we hadn't asked for, for whatever reason.
www.irishexaminer.com
His performance has been downbeat, stand-offish and, as promised, alien.
metro.co.uk
Others found him solitary and stand-offish, seldom mixing with his team-mates and preferring to use a side door rather than the players' entrance.
www.dailymail.co.uk

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