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
- Resembling a button or buttons.
- The manufacture of buttons.
- (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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