'buttoned-up' definitions:
Definition of '
buttoned-up
'
From:
WordNet
adjective
(British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
adjective
Conservative in professional manner; "employers are looking for buttoned-up types"
Definition of '
buttoned-up
'
From:
GCIDE
buttoned-up \buttoned-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]
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