"businesslike" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: businesslike [positive], – [comparative], – [superlative]
Etymology: business + -like Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|business|like}} business + -like Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. What is businesslike is appropriate to a business or related to or similar to a business.
    Sense id: simple-businesslike-en-adj-3dX320UF
  2. What is businesslike is focused on what is practical and ignores emotion.
    Sense id: simple-businesslike-en-adj-6MU8zmF1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -like
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