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1 sostenuto
stile formalvelocità high* * *sostenuto agg.1 ( riservato) reserved; ( freddo) aloof, standoffish; stiff, distant: modi sostenuti, distant (o stiff) manners; era piuttosto sostenuto, he was rather distant // non fare il sostenuto, don't be standoffish3 (econ.) steady, stiff, strong, firm: cambi sostenuti, steady rates of exchange; prezzi sostenuti, steady (o firm) prices; mercato sostenuto, steady (o stiff) market4 (mus.) sustained5 ( elevato, intenso) fast: velocità sostenuta, high speed; il cavallo procedeva con un'andatura sostenuta, the horse was moving at a fast pace; i lavori procedono a un ritmo sostenuto, work is going ahead at a fast pace.* * *[soste'nuto] sostenuto (-a)1. agg(stile) elevated, (prezzo, velocità) high2. sm/ffare il sostenuto — to be standoffish, keep one's distance
* * *[soste'nuto] 1.participio passato sostenere2.1) (poco cordiale) [persona, tono] stiff, distant3.* * *sostenuto/soste'nuto/II aggettivo1 (poco cordiale) [persona, tono] stiff, distant2 (elevato) [ velocità] high; a ritmo sostenuto at a fast tempo; a passo sostenuto at a cracking paceIII sostantivo m.(f. -a) fare il sostenuto to be stand-offish. -
2 distante
distant, remote, far-offdistante da far from* * *distante agg.1 distant, remote, far off, faraway (attr.), far away (pred.): paesi distanti, far off (o remote) countries; suono distante, distant (o faraway) sound; due fatti distanti nel tempo, two widely separated events; non è molto distante il giorno delle nozze, the day of the wedding isn't far off // distante da, far from (o a long way from): è molto distante da qui la stazione?, is the station very far from (o a long way from) here?; no, è distante da qui solo mezzo miglio, no, it is only half a mile away from here; la mia casa è poco distante dalla scuola, my house is not far from the school2 (fig.) ( differente) different: essere distanti di gusti, di opinioni, to differ in tastes, in opinions3 ( distaccato) distant, aloof, reserved, standoffish, detached: uno sguardo distante, a detached glance◆ avv. far, far off, far away, a long way away: abitiamo molto distante, we live very far away (o a long way away); andare distante, to go far; non riesco a vedere così distante, I cannot see as far as that // Parli più forte. La sento distante!, ( al telefono) Can you speak up? I can hardly hear you!* * *[dis'tante]1. agg1)essere distante (da) — to be a long way (from)è distante da qui? — is it far from here?, is it a long way from here?
2)essere distante nel tempo — to be in the distant pastsono distanti gli anni in cui... — it's a long time since...
3) (fig : persona, atteggiamento) distant2. avvfar away, a long way awaynon si vede da così distante — you can't see it from this distance o from so far away
* * *[dis'tante] 1.1) (nello spazio) [luogo, rumore, bagliore] distant2) (riservato, distaccato) [persona, atteggiamento] detached, aloof, stand-offish3) (diverso) [posizioni, opinioni] different4) (nel tempo)2.avverbio far, far off, far away, a long way* * *distante/dis'tante/1 (nello spazio) [luogo, rumore, bagliore] distant; un villaggio distante sei chilometri a village six kilometres away; è troppo distante it's too far away; distante dalla città away from the town2 (riservato, distaccato) [persona, atteggiamento] detached, aloof, stand-offish3 (diverso) [posizioni, opinioni] different4 (nel tempo) un avvenimento distante nel tempo an event remote in time; eventi -i (tra loro) molti anni events that are several years apartII avverbiofar, far off, far away, a long way; abitare distante to live far away. -
3 sostenuto
[soste'nuto] sostenuto (-a)1. agg(stile) elevated, (prezzo, velocità) high2. sm/ffare il sostenuto — to be standoffish, keep one's distance
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standoffish — stand*off ish, stand offish stand off isha. Shy or distant in manner; cold; aloof; reserved; not friendly. Syn: offish. [PJC] {stand*off ish*ness}, n. {stand*off ish*ly}, adv. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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