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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business;

2. not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal;
[syn: businesslike, earnest]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Businesslike \Busi"ness*like`\ (b[i^]z"n[e^]s*l[imac]k`), a. In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods; practical and efficient. [1913 Webster] 2. serious and purposeful. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

businesslike adj 1: exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business 2: not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal [syn: businesslike, earnest]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

30 Moby Thesaurus words for "businesslike": arranged, banausic, breadwinning, commercial, formal, habitual, harmonious, in hand, materialistic, methodical, moneymaking, normal, ordered, orderly, practical, prosaic, realistic, regular, routine, steady, symmetrical, systematic, uniform, usual, utilitarian, well-ordered, well-regulated, workaday, workday, working