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BUSINESSLIKE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business
Classified under:
Similar:
efficient (being effective without wasting time or effort or expense)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal
Synonyms:
businesslike; earnest
Classified under:
Similar:
purposeful (serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal)
Context examples:
Gregson climbed the stair to arrest this desperate murderer with the same absolutely quiet and businesslike bearing with which he would have ascended the official staircase of Scotland Yard.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
