businesslike

See also: business-like

English

Alternative forms

• business-like

Etymology

From business ‎ -like.

Adjective

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.

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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• businesslikely
• businesslikeness
• unbusinesslike

 

Translations

methodical and efficient in a way advantageous to business

• Catalan: negociós
• Dutch: zakelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: negoca, afereca
• German: geschäftsmäßig (de)
• Korean: 사무적 (ko) (samujeok), 업무적 (eommujeok)
• Latvian: veikalniecisks
• Polish: biznesowy (pl)
• Russian: делово́й (ru) (delovój)

earnest, practical and undistracted

• Dutch: zakelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: afereca
• German: sachbezogen (de)
• Korean: 사무적 (ko) (samujeok)
• Russian: делово́й (ru) (delovój)