ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Buttony

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Buttony is an adjective meaning Having a large number of buttons.

Meaning

Having a large number of buttons.

More Meanings

  1. Resembling a button or buttons.
  2. The manufacture of buttons.
  3. (Scotland, games) A children’s game played with buttons.

Example Sentences

[…] the inconsistent woman fell upon his buttony breast weeping copiously.
That night I lay on a buttony mildewed company mattress between my favorite sheets.
[…] something a little doggish peeped out of the black buttony eyes, a hint of the seraglio.
The Stalactical, is generally of a brassy colour; and so is the blistered buttony Ore, which is protuberant in a semi-circular form […]

Synonyms for buttony

Depending on context, synonyms include buttonlike, buttonmaking, bright, adorned, decorated, beady.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include buttonlike, beadlike, adorned, beady, decorated, bright.

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