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Buttoned-up
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1. buttoned-up
(British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
2. buttoned-up
conservative in professional manner
Example Sentences:'employers are looking for buttoned-up types'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Buttoned-up
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informal
very reserved and unwilling to disclose personal information
the buttoned-up wife of an English clergyman
slang
taciturn; silent and somewhat tense
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