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Definition of "businesslike" []

  • Showing or having characteristics advantageous to or of use in business; methodical and systematic. (adjective)
  • Purposeful; earnest. (adjective)
  • Practical; unemotional: The couple maintained a businesslike attitude toward their divorce. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "businesslike" in a sentence
  • ""Where's your card?" she demanded in businesslike tones."
  • "“Where’s your card?” she demanded in businesslike tones."
  • "The meeting with Mr. Hu was described as businesslike by senior White House officials, who said the main hot-button issue -- Beijing's suggestion that a new global currency replace the dollar -- didn't come up."