1. (a.) Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; Of the nature Of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner.

2. (a.) Busy; specifically, busy in an objectionable way; officious; fussy and positive; meddlesome.

3. (a.) Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; -- said of literature.

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