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businesslikely

businesslikely adverb: in a businesslike way.

Adverb

businesslikely (comparative more businesslikely, superlative most businesslikely)

  1. (rare) In a businesslike way.
    • 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.1888, Rudyard Kipling, False Dawn

Forms of businesslikely

comparativemore businesslikely
superlativemost businesslikely

Origin of businesslikely

From businesslike + -ly.

Questions about businesslikely

What does businesslikely mean?
Businesslikely means in a businesslike way.
What part of speech is businesslikely?
Businesslikely is an adverb.

Words near businesslikely in the dictionary

  1. businessfolk
  2. businessfolks
  3. businessless
  4. businesslessness
  5. businesslike
  6. businesslikely
  7. businesslikeness
  8. businessman
  9. businessman's LSD
  10. businessman's lunch
  11. businessman's risk

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