businesslike as an adjective: - 1
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businesslike
adjective
1 businesslike
Exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business.
Roget 625:
businesslike;
workaday;
professional;
official,
functional;
busy
etc.
(actively employed)
682;
on hand,
in hand,
in one's hands;
afoot;
on foot,
on the anvil;
going on;
acting.
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Roget 682:
active,
brisk,
brisk as a lark,
brisk as a bee;
lively,
animated,
vivacious;
alive,
alive and kicking;
frisky,
spirited,
stirring.
nimble,
nimble as a squirrel;
agile;
light-footed,
nimble-footed;
featly†,
tripping.
quick,
prompt,
yare†,
instant,
ready,
alert,
spry,
sharp,
smart;
fast
etc.
(swift)
274;
quick as a lamplighter,
expeditious;
awake,
broad awake;
go-ahead,
live wide-awake [U.S.]
etc.
(intelligent)
498.
forward,
eager,
strenuous,
zealous,
enterprising,
in earnest;
resolute
etc.
604.
industrious,
assiduous,
diligent,
sedulous,
notable,
painstaking;
intent
etc.
(attention)
457;
indefatigable
etc.
(persevering)
604.1;
unwearied;
unsleeping†,
never tired;
plodding,
hard-working
etc.
686;
businesslike,
workaday.
bustling;
restless,
restless as a hyena;
fussy,
fidgety,
pottering;
busy,
busy as hen with one chicken.
working,
at work,
on duty,
in harness;
up in arms;
on one's legs,
at call;
up and doing,
up and stirring.
busy,
occupied;
hard at work,
hard at it;
up to one's ears in,
full of business,
busy as a bee,
busy as a one-armed paperhanger.
meddling
etc.
v.;
meddlesome,
pushing,
officious,
overofficious†,
intrigant†.
astir,
stirring;
agoing†,
afoot;
on foot;
in full swing;
eventful;
on the alert,
etc.
(vigilant)
459.
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Roget 692:
conducting
etc.
v..
strategical,
businesslike,
practical,
executive.
Roget 58:
orderly,
regular;
in order,
in trim,
in apple-pie order,
in its proper place;
neat,
tidy,
en regle [Fr.],
well regulated,
correct,
methodical,
uniform,
symmetrical,
shipshape,
businesslike,
systematic;
unconfused
etc.
(confuse)
etc.
61;
arranged
etc.
60.
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Polish: konkretny, rzeczowy
2 businesslike
Not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal.
synonym: earnest.
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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