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View definitions for buttoned down

buttoned down

adjective as in straight

adjective as in button down

verb as in point

verb as in type

verb as in categorize

adjective as in button-down

adjective as in straight

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Example Sentences

They allegedly ran their far-flung, online drug-slinging operation like a buttoned-down business—until it all unraveled.

The article inside declared that "the once securely buttoned-down fortress of male fashion is clearly under heavy siege."

In the passenger seat, there's a man, buttoned-down shirt and furrowed brow.

The former governor is so buttoned-down and toffee-nosed he belongs at Downton Abbey.

Sure, these Ron Paul supporters seem relatively buttoned-down, but still … Ron Paul!

There was a little eyelet, a square hole with a flap buttoned down over it, on a level with their heads.

Most men wear the cotehardie, the well-fitting garment buttoned down the front, and ending over the hips.

Then she buttoned down her stumpy tail, and waddled off truffle-hunting.

He once appeared at Stamford in 1658; his coat was purple, and buttoned down to the waist.

Its top was square and was curtained, the curtains being tightly buttoned down.

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On this page you'll find 95 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to buttoned-down, such as: conservative, conventional, unimaginative, boring, conformist, and old-fashioned.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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