buttoned-down

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

buttoned-down
    adj 1: unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in
           the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek
           [syn: {button-down}, {buttoned-down}, {conservative}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

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