nonaloof

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ aloof.

Adjective

nonaloof (comparative more nonaloof, superlative most nonaloof)

1. Not aloof; emotionally accessible.
   • 1981, Blanche Wiesen Cook, The Declassified Eisenhower: A Divided Legacy, page 121:

     His ease with people, his celebrated smile, his nonaloof manner and warm, man-of-the-people style coupled with his proven antifascism, covered him with a mantle of assumed concern, benevolence, honesty, and wisdom.

   • 2008, Autism, Lisa D. Benaron, page 121:

     Parents of TD children used the eyes to detect emotion, and nonaloof parents of children with ASDs fell somewhere in between.

   • 2008, B. Shouriamma, Education Administration, page 91:

     The principal will be so nonaloof that he becomes instructive.

   • 2011, Leslie Parrish, Cold Touch: Extrasensory Agents:

     Then, to her annoyance, the emotional, nonaloof, nonproper woman seized her vocal cords.