Buttoned-up

2 definitions found

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

  buttoned-up \buttoned-up\ adj.
     1. taciturn. Opposite of {voluble}. [British colloquial]
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. conservative in professional manner; as, employers are
        looking for buttoned-up types.


        [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  buttoned-up
       adj 1: (British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
       2: conservative in professional manner; "employers are looking
          for buttoned-up types"