Buttoned-down

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  buttoned-down \buttoned-down\ adj.
     conservatively formal and businesslike in dress and manner.
  
     Syn: button-down, conservative.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  


                a colorful character in the buttoned-down,
                dull-gray world of business.        --Newsweek

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  buttoned-down
       adj : unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the
             buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business"- Newsweek
             [syn: {button-down}, {conservative}]