buttoned-down

Definitions of buttoned-down
  1. adjective
    unimaginatively conventional
    “"a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek”
    synonyms: button-down, conservative
    conventional
    unimaginative and conformist
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