buttoned-up

Adjective
  1. (British colloquial) not inclined to conversation (synset 302392132)
    domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    similar to: taciturn - habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  2. Conservative in professional manner (synset 300577095)
    "employers are looking for buttoned-up types"
    similar to: conservative - resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion

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