businesslike

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(bĭz'nĭs-līk') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Showing or having characteristics advantageous to or of use in business; methodical and systematic.
  2. Purposeful; earnest.
  3. Practical; unemotional: The couple maintained a businesslike attitude toward their divorce.

Roget's Thesaurus:

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adjective

    Marked by sober sincerity: earnest, no-nonsense, serious, sobersided. Idioms: in earnest. See heavy/light, work/play.

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adj

Definition: efficient, professional
Antonyms: amateur, disorganized, inefficient, unbusinesslike, unprofessional

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forretningsmæssig

Nederlands (Dutch)
efficiënt, zakelijk, doelmatig

Français (French)
adj. - affairiste, pratique, méthodique, efficace, sérieux, régulier, carré (des manières), précis, net (un style), sérieux (une apparence)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - geschäftsmäßig, sachlich, geschäftstüchtig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πρακτικός, μεθοδικός, (μτφ.) ψυχρά επαγγελματικός

Italiano (Italian)
efficiente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - metódico, organizado, eficiente

Русский (Russian)
деловой

Español (Spanish)
adj. - metódico, serio, formal, práctico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - affärsmässigt, rutinerad

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
事务性的, 有效率的, 有条理的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 事務性的, 有效率的, 有條理的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 사무적인, 능률적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 事務的な, まじめな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بجديه, بطريقه كفؤة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שיטתי, יעיל, מעשי‬


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