buttoned-down

Speech parts

1. buttoned-down - Adjective

2. buttoned-down - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

unimaginatively conventional

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Alternative names

buttoned down

Synonyms

conservative button-down orthodox old-fashioned tory right established old traditional true square accepted bourgeois formal correct
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Antonyms

improper crazy ignorant foolish careless hasty
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Examples

a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business Source: Internet

Her buttoned-down shirt was paired with denim shorts and a sleek silver chain. Source: Internet

But on the issues that really matter, he has proved as buttoned-down as his grandmother, imitating her technique of ignoring any inconvenient realities by sweeping them under the carpet. Source: Internet

Certainly the Abstract Expressionists were the rock stars of their day, and their antics probably satisfied the fantasies of their more buttoned-down buyers in much the same way. Source: Internet

As with the Aphex Twin contribution, Autechre’s tracks are remarkably buttoned-down in the context of the duo’s later career. Source: Internet

Oliver is a buttoned-down man who lives strictly inside his head — not his heart. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

buttonbush buttondown buttoned buttoned-up buttoned-up attitude buttoner