aloof

syrjässä, erillään

varautunut, etäinen, torjuva At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
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Without sympathy; unfavorably.
reserved Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
puhekieltä away from; clear of
Milton

Rivetus (..) would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands.