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Definitions

businesslike

[biz-nis-lahyk] / ˈbɪz nɪsˌlaɪk /
ADJECTIVE
efficient, professional
Synonyms
STRONGEST
diligent disciplined earnest expeditious matter-of-fact methodical orderly practical purposeful serious thorough
WEAK
accomplished careful concentrated correct direct effective enterprising hardworking industrious intent organized painstaking practiced regular routine sedulous skillful systematic well-ordered workaday
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disorganized flippant thoughtless trivial unimportant unserious
WEAK
amateur inefficient unbusinesslike unprofessional

Example Sentences

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While conceding talks were challenging, Kremlin negotiator Vladimir Medinsky added that they had been "businesslike" and said another meeting would take place "soon".

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

He could help by pushing for a more businesslike approach, relying more on AI, less on fragile humans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

The senior Ukrainian source told AFP that the tone of rhetoric between the White House and Kyiv was now "very businesslike."

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

When Kish says, "Please pack your knives and go" to the first Milwaukee-season cheftestant sent home, her tone is direct and even-keeled, entirely businesslike.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2024

Though on a psychological level his manner was almost painfully intimate, superficially it was businesslike and cold.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt