unapproachability

Bogdanovich plainly adored Grant, and here he captures Grant's easy charm along with his essential unapproachability, his "sparkle of joy mixed with mischievousness," and his cadences (Grant on the Oscars: "You know, there is something a little embarrassing about all these wealthy people publicly congratulating each other … 'we know you're making a million dollars — now come on up and get your little medal for it!'").

Wolves, Actors, Jihadis 2004

Bogdanovich plainly adored Grant, and here he captures Grant's easy charm along with his essential unapproachability, his "sparkle of joy mixed with mischievousness," and his cadences (Grant on the Oscars: "You know, there is something a little embarrassing about all these wealthy people publicly congratulating each other … 'we know you're making a million dollars — now come on up and get your little medal for it!'").

Wolves, Actors, Jihadis 2004

But the imperial scion, (who, when he pleased, could assume the unapproachability of the blood royal,) made it apparent that he was no longer in a mood to be questioned.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Various

Finally, when they re-embarked farther down stream, they warmly bade farewell to the old boy, told him emphatically of the unapproachability of his Province, and bowed and waved handkerchiefs until beyond a bend in the river they lost sight of his memorable shape.

The Tale of a Trooper 1930

The lumber-jack demands in his boss a certain fundamental unapproachability, whatever surface bonhomie he may evince.

The Blazed Trail Stewart Edward White 1909

Hungry women, too lightly, dressily, and fancifully attired, preserving on their faces an expression of care-free merriment or haughty, offended unapproachability, strolled back and forth in pairs, with

Yama: the pit Bernard Guilbert Guerney 1904

The lumber-jack demands in his boss a certain fundamental unapproachability, whatever surface bon-homie he may evince.

The Blazed Trail 1902

For cool, pleasant and skillful unapproachability, a co-ed girl breaks all records.

At Good Old Siwash George Fitch 1896

Whoever had wealth displayed it in order to be admired; whoever had a social position displayed his unapproachability and the weight of his dignity, as, for instance, when with an absent look and lost in the burden of his own existence he entered a dining-hall.

The New Society Walther Rathenau 1894

Somehow, Jim had been acquiring dignity and unapproachability.

The Brown Mouse Herbert Quick 1893