buttoned-up

Examples

• All

• She could feel him watching as she slipped on her silk bra and buttoned up her buttery yellow silk blouse.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Stan received the community resolve with a taut, buttoned-up smile and took over.

  Fiction book (1999)

• And I know you're buttoned up, but this is very conservative, even for you.

  Bound & Babysitting (2015)

• Both clerks were dressed in black gabardine slacks and white dress shirts buttoned up to the throat.

  Fiction book (1998)

• My father, red-haired and wearing long-sleeved, buttoned-up-to-the-neck shirts in the hottest sun—his skin was that fair.

  Fiction book (1992)

• In a highly competitive corporate environment, he always appeared buttoned-up, wearing a tailored suit and a serious expression.

• Her buttoned-up demeanor at the meeting made it clear that she was not open to casual conversation.

• Despite the casual setting, he maintained a buttoned-up attitude, carefully choosing his words and preserving a formal tone.

Synonyms

B

buttoned-down

vsbuttoned-up

• Informal

1 7.1

Very formal and traditional in dress, behavior, or thinking

is more about formal reserve in manner and professional settings

B

button-down

vsbuttoned-up

• Informal

1 6.7

Very formal in dress or behaviour and not open to new ideas

leans toward formality and social reserve rather than sheer unimaginativeness

Antonyms

C

casual

194 2.8

Informal and relaxed, not serious

E

expressive

41 3.4

Showing feelings and ideas clearly in the face or voice

How Reserved

aloof

34 6.3

buttoned-up

• Formal

2 7.4

reserved

3.7

open

702 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology