buttoned-up

Definitions

1. Conservative.
   figuratively
2. Carefully planned and executed.
   figuratively
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see button up.

Equivalents

Examples

“It should be obvious by now that most of what goes on in the Bulova commercial does not depend⟳ very much on an appeal to the rational part of the mind⟳—the “logos” of Aristotle. If it were to depend⟳ on such an appeal to the reason⟳, it might show⟳ the same woman, but dressed sensibly in a nice buttoned-up dress and wearing her glasses.”

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