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businesslike - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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• business-like

From business +‎ -like.

businesslike (comparative more businesslike, superlative most businesslike)

1. 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.

2. 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.

• (earnest, practical and undistracted): earnest, focused, matter-of-fact

methodical and efficient in a way advantageous to business

earnest, practical and undistracted

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