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buttoned-up
PRIMARY MEANINGS OF:
buttoned-up
1
adj
conservative in professional manner
2
adj
(British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: buttoned-up
1
adj
conservative in professional manner
“employers are looking for
buttoned-up
types”
Synonyms
conservative
resistant to change
2
adj
(British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
Synonyms
taciturn
habitually reserved and uncommunicative
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