Get to know Buttoned-up better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like taciturn or conservative.
Buttoned-up in a sentence
Buttoned-up meaning
- Conservative.
- Carefully planned and executed.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see button up.
Synonyms of Buttoned-up
Using Buttoned-up
- The main meaning on this page is: Conservative. | Carefully planned and executed. | Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see button up.
- Useful related words include: taciturn, conservative.
Context around Buttoned-up
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Buttoned-up
- By corpus frequency, "buttoned-up" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with buttoned-up
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Janson and Urban's buttoned-up shirts are hanging well below the acceptable V-neck line. (16 words)
On January 21, the 74-year-old debuted her collage: For professional networking site LinkedIn, there’s Dolly in buttoned-up school marm mode. (24 words)
Deep in the conversation pit, they found themselves surrounded by buttoned-up bankers, who drowned out the observers’ dialogue with tirades about “liabilities” and “R. (25 words)
This depiction reinforces that the girls are 11 at the start of the story, and may make you feel that Sylvestra LeTouzel’s splendidly buttoned-up headmistress Miss Mackay may not be entirely wrong to disapprove. (36 words)
The performers start the show in prim dark buttoned-up black floor-length dresses with corsets, so you’re happy to see them explode out of those restricting, repressive outfits for the second half. (34 words)
In charge of this creature is a buttoned-up apparatchik and all-round sexist, racist creep called Strickland (a somewhat familiar role for Michael Shannon), and a sensitive scientist, Dr Hoffstetler (Michael Stuhlbarg). (33 words)
Example sentences (8)
The performers start the show in prim dark buttoned-up black floor-length dresses with corsets, so you’re happy to see them explode out of those restricting, repressive outfits for the second half.
The title character () is an adorable free spirit who shows up in a drab suburban town and unlocks the inner creativity of her buttoned-up classmates.
Deep in the conversation pit, they found themselves surrounded by buttoned-up bankers, who drowned out the observers’ dialogue with tirades about “liabilities” and “R.
The Rivian siblings aren't luxury in the traditional buttoned-up sense, but they are a marvel that imbue occupants with that special luxury feeling, especially on the campground.
On January 21, the 74-year-old debuted her collage: For professional networking site LinkedIn, there’s Dolly in buttoned-up school marm mode.
In charge of this creature is a buttoned-up apparatchik and all-round sexist, racist creep called Strickland (a somewhat familiar role for Michael Shannon), and a sensitive scientist, Dr Hoffstetler (Michael Stuhlbarg).
Janson and Urban's buttoned-up shirts are hanging well below the acceptable V-neck line.
This depiction reinforces that the girls are 11 at the start of the story, and may make you feel that Sylvestra LeTouzel’s splendidly buttoned-up headmistress Miss Mackay may not be entirely wrong to disapprove.