Meaning & use
Unbuttoned
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Having the buttons undone or unfastened; also, informal and relaxed in manner.
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He walked in with his shirt collar unbuttoned after the long, hot day.
The interview took on an unbuttoned, conversational tone once the cameras stopped rolling.
A note on using this word
The figurative sense, meaning informal or relaxed, developed as a natural extension of loosening one's literal buttons.
Words with a similar meaning
undonerelaxed
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Words with an opposite meaning
buttonedformal
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