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  • buttoned-down — uttoned down adj. conservatively formal and businesslike in dress and manner. Syn: button down, conservative. [WordNet 1.5] a colorful character in the buttoned down, dull gray world of business. Newsweek …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • buttoned-up — uttoned up adj. 1. taciturn. Opposite of {voluble}. [British colloquial] [WordNet 1.5] 2. conservative in professional manner; as, employers are looking for buttoned up types. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • buttoned-up — adj informal someone who is buttoned up is not able to express their feelings, especially sexual feelings …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • buttoned — buttoned; un·buttoned; …   English syllables

  • buttoned up — (slang) 1. Successfully fixed up 2. Safe in hand 3. Ready for action 4. See also ↑buttoned up above • • • Main Entry: ↑button …   Useful english dictionary

  • buttoned — uttoned adj. furnished with buttons or something buttonlike. Opposite of {unbuttoned}. [Narrower terms: {botonee, botonnee}; {button down}; {closed}] [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • buttoned-up — ► buttoned up informal formal and inhibited in manner. Main Entry: ↑button …   English terms dictionary

  • buttoned-down — adjective unimaginatively conventional a colorful character in the buttoned down, dull grey world of business Newsweek • Syn: ↑button down, ↑conservative • Similar to: ↑conventional * * * adjective see button down II …   Useful english dictionary

  • buttoned up — also buttoned up ADJ GRADED If you say that someone is buttoned up, you mean that they do not usually talk about their thoughts and feelings. [INFORMAL] She plays Estella Campion, the rather buttoned up wife of an English clergyman. Syn: reserved …   English dictionary

  • buttoned — button ► NOUN 1) a small disc or knob sewn on to a garment to fasten it by being pushed through a buttonhole. 2) a knob on a piece of electrical or electronic equipment which is pressed to operate it. 3) chiefly N. Amer. a decorative badge pinned …   English terms dictionary

  • buttoned-up — adjective 1. (British colloquial) not inclined to conversation • Similar to: ↑taciturn • Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Bri …   Useful english dictionary

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