Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

businesslikeness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: busi-nesslike-ness
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or condition of being businesslike.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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', […]"

Etymology

From businesslike + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: businesslike

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does businesslikeness mean?: The state or condition of being businesslike.
Where does businesslikeness come from?: From businesslike + -ness.

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