Definition of "businesslike"

businesslike

adjective
comparative more businesslike, superlative most businesslike
1. Methodical and efficient, in a way that would be advantageous to a business or businessperson.
  Quotations
  The gunners stood by the guns waiting, and the ammunition waggons were at a business-like distance.
  1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann
2. Earnest and practical without being distracted or enthusiastic.