aloof
verb
°At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
"Our palace stood aloof from streets. --Dryden."
°Without sympathy; unfavorably.
"To make 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."
adjective
°Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant.