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buttoned-up

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adj.1.taciturn. Opposite of voluble.
2.conservative in professional manner; as, employers are looking for buttoned-up types.
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Adj.1.buttoned-up - (British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
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
taciturn - habitually reserved and uncommunicative
2.buttoned-up - conservative in professional manner; "employers are looking for buttoned-up types"
conservative - resistant to change
Translations
buttoned-up [ˈbʌtndˌʌp] ADJ [person] → reservado
buttoned-up
adj (inf: = reserved) → zugeknöpft (inf)


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