The phrase "a rather aloof" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is emotionally distant or detached in a somewhat understated manner.
Example: "Despite his charming smile, he often came across as a rather aloof individual at social gatherings."
Alternatives: "somewhat distant" or "fairly detached".
Though courted and lionised, James comes across as a rather aloof, even lonely figure during his sojourns here.
At the time, Mr Zuma's supporters saw his charismatic popular touch as a refreshing contrast to Thabo Mbeki, who was seen as a rather aloof president.
I began my Viennese educational exchange with a rather aloof Sister Christa, who reluctantly gave me hot rolls and coffee when I arrived late for breakfast.
Mr Vajpayee, though he can seem rather aloof, has a stature these days that no other Indian politician can match, and is basking in the popularity of his latest effort to make peace with Pakistan.The BJP campaign also tries to exploit prejudice against the foreign birth (in Italy) of the Congress leader, Sonia Gandhi, widow of Rajiv Gandhi, a former prime minister.
Yet he's rather aloof, operating more or less by himself and dreaming up ideas in his corner office.
The mood of penitence was in contrast to the board's rather aloof attitude during Sir Richard Greenbury's reign as both chief executive and chairman.
They will want changes not only to the Tory message but also to his rather aloof style of leadership.Mr Cameron's tribe resent as well the prospect of a coalition with Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats, or conceding to them on policy in order to win their support for a minority Tory government.
Some protested against Megawati Sukarnoputri, Mr Wahid's rather aloof vice-president, who has been given responsibility for ending the conflict in the Moluccas, but has done little.As her party won the largest share of the vote in Indonesia's elections last year, her job probably remains safe.
A colleague at the paper, Hunter Davies, remembers William as good journalist (he later edited the Times): no drawler, but rather aloof and too work-absorbed to notice that his secretary was secretly in love with him – until, that is, Davies pointed it out.
Vidal himself never made any secret of his political ambitions, and still says that, brought up by a politician grandfather in Washington DC, he 'wanted very much to be a politician', the first of many dualities in his life: a shy, rather aloof man subjecting himself to the madness of political crowds.
They speak of Uncle Sam as though he were a rich relative, if a distant and rather aloof one.
