businesslikely

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

businesslike +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

businesslikely (comparative more businesslikely, superlative most businesslikely)

  1. (rare) In a businesslike way.
    • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, False Dawn:
      Saumarez was silent for good or bad, and as business-likely attentive as he could be, having due regard to his work and his polo.