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

"The pretexts used to justify such actions are untenable. Ideological hostility has triumphed over businesslike pragmatism," it added.

From Barron's • Jan. 3, 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

Propped on the table I found a long, businesslike letter from the summer school and a thin blue letter on leftover Yale stationery, addressed to me in Buddy Willard's lucid hand.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

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