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Buttoned-up   /bˈətənd-əp/   Listen
Buttoned-up

adjective
1.
(British colloquial) not inclined to conversation.
2.
Conservative in professional manner.





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"Buttoned-up" Quotes from Famous Books



... at the incident of the previous night had served to rejuvenate my uncle, I know not, but he looked to me ten years younger when Lady Ellinor entered. How carefully the buttoned-up coat was brushed; how new and glossy was the black stock! The poor Captain was restored to his pride, and mighty proud he looked! with a glow on his cheek and a fire in his eye, his head thrown back, and his whole air composed, severe, ...
— The Caxtons, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... there are exceptional circumstances in which success is altogether dependent upon the will and judgment of the leader, and undeviating response to his orders. The commander of a buttoned-up tank is the master of its fortunes, and what happens for better or worse is according to the strength of his personal control. Within a submerged submarine during action, the situation is still more ...
— The Armed Forces Officer - Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 • U. S. Department of Defense


Words linked to "Buttoned-up" :   colloquialism, United Kingdom, U.K., Britain, Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, UK, taciturn, conservative


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