11. I've not experienced the Chinese community as stand-offish at all ." 12. Tweetville's resident cardinals are beautiful, no doubt, but predictably stand-offish . 13. The thing I worry about is that people are going to be stand-offish about adoption. 14. But the first lady of this portrait can also be a scold, stand-offish and sanctimonious. 15. Palin, a former Full Monty ( Python ), is anything but a stand-offish tourist. 16. Character : The sniper is very cool and calculating but very stand-offish with his other companions. 17. He also said he believed Fuchs was less stand-offish with Ashkin and seemed friendly with him. 18. Powell said the Bush administration will not be " stand-offish " in seeking Middle East peace. 19. That's perhaps why her attitude towards other users can be stand-offish and even condescending at times. 20. The couples couldn't understand why the cabin steward who is suspected of the sabotage was so stand-offish . 