businesslike
See also: business-like
English
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Adjective
[edit]businesslike (comparative more businesslike, superlative most businesslike)
- Methodical and efficient, in a way that would be advantageous to a business or businessperson.
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann:
- The gunners stood by the guns waiting, and the ammunition waggons were at a business-like distance.
- 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 375, about Terling:
- Further along, the road passes a low E-shape of red-brick estate buildings, obviously modern, yet all of a piece with this sensible, attractive and businesslike village.
- Earnest and practical without being distracted or enthusiastic.
- 2024 January 11, Rebecca Davis O’Brien, “Did Ron DeSantis Shake His Wife’s Hand?”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Then, with a businesslike rigor, he grasped the outstretched palm of Casey DeSantis, Florida’s first lady.
Synonyms
[edit]- (earnest, practical and undistracted): earnest, focused, matter-of-fact
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[edit]methodical and efficient in a way advantageous to business