Businesslike
['bɪznɪslaɪk] or ['bɪznəs'laɪk]
Definition
(adj.) exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business .
(adj.) not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal .
Typist: Vilma--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods.
Checker: Monroe
Examples
- After outlining the duties of the meter man, Edison says: I should not take too young a man for this, say, a man from twenty-three to thirty years old, bright and businesslike. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It teaches us to be careful of what we say, and I am sure makes men more brief, more businesslike, and more straightforward. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It's too long, but omitting the passages I've marked will make it just the right length, he said, in a businesslike tone. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- So that, although she wanted to go out with Loerke for the last time into the snow, she did not want to be serious or businesslike. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Checker: Monroe