Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

businesslikely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: busi-nesslike-ly
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a businesslike way.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From businesslike + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more businesslikely (comparative) most businesslikely (superlative)

Questions

What does businesslikely mean?: In a businesslike way.
Where does businesslikely come from?: From businesslike + -ly.

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