Businessy
Part of speech: adjective
Definitions
- Having characteristics or aspects that are typical of business or commercial activities
- Displaying traits or behaviors associated with professional or commercial enterprises
- Exhibiting a style or approach that relates to the concerns and practices of business
Etymology: "Businessy" is about as plain as English coinages get: the noun "business" with the adjective-forming suffix "-y" added to the end, which gives the sense of having the qualities of business or commercial activity. The suffix does the same job in words like "bossy", "gloomy" or "sandy", attaching a quality to a base noun. Because "-y" is freely used to make adjectives this way, a new formation like this one can be built on demand whenever a speaker wants to describe something as having a commercial flavour.