Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

business-like

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.50 in modern English

Syllables: busi-ness--like
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of businesslike.

Example Sentences

"Mr. Meadows was a short square man, with a business-like walk, a steady eye, a leathery, unvarying complexion."
"“You must have been very slow about it, Jacob,” Scrooge observed, in a business-like manner, though with humility and deference."
"“Parlez-vouses or our own men?” demanded the Squire in a business-like tone."
"Then there would be a rapid ten-day wedding-journey, followed by a prompt, business-like occupancy of the new apartment on the first of May exactly."

Inflected Forms

more business-like (comparative) most business-like (superlative)

Questions

What does business-like mean?: Alternative form of businesslike.

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