businesslike

How To Use businesslike In A Sentence

• His tone became brisk and businesslike.
• There is something cool and businesslike about you and people take what you say seriously. The Sun
• If any employee is sinking on the job, you need to respond in a businesslike way.
• She seemed very efficient, and wore short but businesslike skirts and collared blue shirts.
• Coffee was characterized as businesslike rather than frivolous, as reasonable rather than impulsive.
• It's a sad fact, but the opera world has become so businesslike, singing styles so generic, and the stars so homogenized, that there is virtually nothing left to make fun of.
• Your blend of ideas and a businesslike way of presenting them gets results. The Sun
• Wearing a suit made him feel more businesslike.
• June Huntington's allegation that these practitioners are businesslike rather than professional questions the selection procedure of the committee.
• The blocky, black, businesslike appearance of the stock pistol has been replaced by a two-tone visage that testifies unambiguously to extensive alteration.