Husband nodded to me his familiar offish nod, which concealed his satisfaction at meeting with an old friend.
That was the reason why she had seemed so offish and suspicious and indifferent and lawless and queer.
Then in her offish way she asked if we were through with her lexicon.
But did you ever see anybody so stiff and offishas she was?
Never seen such a stand-offish little rip in all my life," he moodily concluded.
He was always messing round just like you are, and she was stand-offish as a nun.
Also, without a word spoken she thought she had understood that the Marquise de Charmieres and all that old aristocratic set would not be so stand-offish if she were converted.
That is, she was struck by Selma's offish manner and frigid silences, but forgot them until they were forced upon her attention the next time they met.
She was unwilling to disclose her secret, lest the knowledge of it might make Wilbur offish and so embarrass her efforts.
The lad is jealous of every one that looks at my lass, and speaks out of range because she is a bit offish with him.
Now, Richard, what is the meaning of thisoffish talk?
She was generally very offish and reserved with strangers, but now a common misery made her have a fellow-feeling for the little oddity, and she responded graciously.
I'll go on to myoffish by one o'clock, and you come any time from one to two.
I have it in confidensh, from the polishe offish thish morning.
That'sh the note you forgot in my offish yeshterday, with hish name shined to it.
So that is the reason of a certain gentleman's iciness, and his stand-offish high-mightiness.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "offish" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
