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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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