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BUTTONED-UP
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conservative in professional manner
Example:
employers are looking for buttoned-up types
Classified under:
Similar:
conservative (resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
Classified under:
Similar:
taciturn (habitually reserved and uncommunicative)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
