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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

But Dmitriev felt his businesslike rapport was breaking through.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

“She wasn’t being egotistical. It was very businesslike, a moment of power, and I was like, ‘I want to have that power.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

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

It was to be taken as gravely, and in as businesslike a way, as any other transaction of life:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker