businesslikeness

noun

The state or condition of being businesslike.

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Meanings

nounbusinesslikeness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or condition of being businesslike.

    I do myself think that this is so; that disputes about standards of businesslikeness are verbal in the sense that they turn on what we choose to mean by 'businesslike', […]

    1969, Ronald F. Atkinson, Conduct: an Introduction to Moral Philosophy (page 70)

Origin

From businesslike + -ness.

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APA

businesslikeness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/businesslikeness

MLA

“businesslikeness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/businesslikeness. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “businesslikeness,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/businesslikeness.

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