businesslike

• business-like

business +‎ -like

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.

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

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