Syn: button-down, conservative.
[WordNet 1.5]
a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business. --Newsweek
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
buttoned-down — adjective unimaginatively conventional a colorful character in the buttoned down, dull grey world of business Newsweek • Syn: ↑button down, ↑conservative • Similar to: ↑conventional * * * adjective see button down II … Useful english dictionary
buttoned-down — adjective see button down I, 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
buttoned-down — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective See button down … English dictionary for students
buttoned-down — but·toned down … English syllables
buttoned — uttoned adj. furnished with buttons or something buttonlike. Opposite of {unbuttoned}. [Narrower terms: {botonee, botonnee}; {button down}; {closed}] [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
buttoned vs unbuttoned — closed closed adj. 1. having an opening obstructed. [Narrower terms: {blind}] Also See: {obstructed}, {sealed}, {shut}, {unopen}, {closed}. Antonym: {open}. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Math.) of a curve or surface: having no end points or boundary curves;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
buttoned — adjective furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑fastened • Ant: ↑unbuttoned • Similar to: ↑botonee, ↑botonnee, ↑button down … Useful english dictionary
button-down — adjective 1. unimaginatively conventional (Freq. 1) a colorful character in the buttoned down, dull grey world of business Newsweek • Syn: ↑buttoned down, ↑conservative • Similar to: ↑conventional 2. of a shirt; having the e … Useful english dictionary
button-down — ˈbutton down also ˈbuttoned down adjective [only before a noun] a button down company or style is formal and traditional: • Wearing cowboy boots and open necked shirts, he did not fit in with the button down culture of IBM. * * * button down UK… … Financial and business terms
button-down — adjective 1》 (of a shirt collar) having points which are buttoned to the garment. 2》 (also buttoned down or buttoned up) N. Amer. informal (of a person) conservative or inhibited … English new terms dictionary
