aloof

With irony and wit he charmed a nation, but displayed a detachment that kept him aloof from the passions of his time.

He would seem to stand outside the stress of his own time and aloof from the influences which commonly shape the artist.

The Englishman, aloof but definitely enthralled, touched his mustache delicately and answered, "Quite."

I was cold, and as haughty and aloof as she was herself, but I used every art I knew of to draw her out and make her talk.

They played under a glaring electric light in the heat of the day, yet they seemed cool, aloof, immune from bodily discomfort.

When he had gone, Rashîd appeared before me, stern and aloof as the Recording Angel.