businesslike
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nɪsˌlaɪk adjective
1.
conforming to, attending to, or characteristic of business.
2.
efficient, practical, or realistic.
3.
capable but unenthusiastic.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | efficient and methodical |
| 2. | earnest or severe |
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Businesslike
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example sentences
Courts can be efficient and businesslike while being patient and deliberate.
Therefore, it must have a businesslike appearance, produced in a professional manner.
Straightforward measuring tools are efficient and businesslike, but not fun.
To many, it seemed obvious that a new bureau was needed to manage these areas in an efficient, businesslike way.
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