Unimaginatively conventional.
1 But never had I come across an entrepreneur as buttoned-down-boring as this one.
2 In the early '90s, he practiced corporate law for a buttoned - down firm in Manhattan.
3 Very out of character for the buttoned - down executive with whom she had been working.
4 Altun's was grey, and the shirt had a buttoned - down collar.
5 Welch's tenure has coincided with the transformation of C.E.O.s from buttoned - down bureaucrats into cultural celebrities.
6 He wore a conservative tie, buttoned - down oxford shirt, and a dark suit beneath the white coat.
7 The buttoned - down , serious Mr Raab is seen by many as a rising star in the conservative movement.
8 She had all the proper affectations of the model junior attorneyambitious, hardworking, buttoned - down , dedicated, and so forth.
9 Bolger's ebullient high spirits also brought a breath of fresh air into a formal, buttoned - down business world.
10 Not him, or any of the producers, promoters, and buttoned - down executives who fawned over the great Brian McAvoy.
11 In another, he is in buttoned - down dress shirt, looking relaxed and easing into an armchair, a patriarchal figure.
12 He was probably one of those buttoned - down guys who couldn't love anyone unless he was terrified of them.
13 What if some buttoned - down Telecom engineer had driven to work early that morning to get some work done?
14 Childs' lawyers had argued that he was a buttoned - down , security-obsessed administrator who believed he was simply doing his job.
15 He dresses in the preppie style of a much younger man, with American-style buttoned - down collars and bright, confident ties.
16 He's too buttoned - down for that.
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