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What does buttoned-up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word buttoned-up? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Conservative.
  2. Carefully planned and executed.
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You were complaining of the lack of adventure and rowdyism in your prim, buttoned-up life.
If head smooches from the chairman and bear hugs from store employees are disconcerting after nearly 30 years at the more buttoned-up GE, Nardelli isn't letting on.
But the school's buttoned-up administrators hadn't wanted to involve the police, and the rioters eventually were allowed to graduate.
Unlike the buttoned-up Hu, he is sufficiently sure of himself to display a personal side in public.
Instead of love, what her shoeless Harper gets from buttoned-up husband Joe is a craving for Valium and a nervous breakdown.
Even if you're working in a buttoned-up corporate environment, find a way to make the creative workers' space appealing.

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