buttoned-up

Definitions of buttoned-up
  1. adjective
    conservative in professional manner
    “employers are looking for buttoned-up types”
    synonyms:
    conservative
    resistant to change
  2. adjective
    (British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
    synonyms:
    taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
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