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Which preposition to use with offish
in Occurrences 1%
The Boy, feeling that he couldn't be stand-offish in the very act of profiting by her acquaintance, began to tell her about the crippled but undaunted Swede.
on Occurrences 1%
He is inclined to be stand-offish on one side, as he has only one eye; but he is most affable on the other.
to Occurrences 1%
" "A little stand-offish to strangers, but wonderfully winning when one really knows him;" i.e., "Which one need never do, thank goodness!" LEGAL.