Aloof

(26), adv. [Either for all off, that is, quite off, or of the same origin with aloft, q. v.] At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart. “Our palace stood aloof from streets.” Dryden.

Love kept aloof, albeit not far remote. Byron.

To take the Bible as from the hand of God, and then to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst of all impieties. I. Taylor.

At or to a distance from; away from.

Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands. Milton.