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buttoned-up

adjective more buttoned-up · most buttoned-up · buttoned up

  1. figuratively Conservative.
  2. figuratively Carefully planned and executed.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see button up. A short, stout, puffed-up little man in a high pot-hat and a buttoned-up frock-coat and a chest-protector beard was sitting up behind a stump[.]

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@misc{buttoned_up_2026,
  title = {buttoned-up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/buttoned-up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}