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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Satisfactory \Sat`is*fac"to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. satisfactoire.] Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a satisfactory account or ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "capable of atoning for sin," from Middle French satisfactoire (14c.) and directly from Late Latin satisfactorius , from Latin satisfactus , past participle of satisfacere (see satisfy ). Meaning "adequate" is from 1630s. Related: Satisfactorily ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a good/satisfactory recovery ▪ He is making a good recovery from a knee injury. a possible/acceptable/satisfactory alternative ▪ I’m busy tomorrow but Wednesday is a possible alternative. a satisfactory answer ▪ ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory" [ant: unsatisfactory ] meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat" [syn: acceptable ]

Usage examples of satisfactory.

It is difficult to give any satisfactory explanation of these abnormal developments.

But Napoleon could not accede to such proposals, for he was always ready to yield to illusion when the truth was not satisfactory to him.

No man enters a Martian city without giving a very detailed and satisfactory account of himself, nor did I delude myself with the belief that I could for a moment impose upon the acumen of the officers of the guard to whom I should be taken the moment I applied at any one of the gates.

If this is not satisfactory repeat the assay, adding an extra gram of nitre for each 4 grams of lead in excess of that required, or 1 gram of flour for a 12-gram deficiency.

The relief of the stricture by our new and painless method was followed by very great improvement in his condition, after which appropriate remedies for the rheumatism were administered, and the result was a very gratifying and satisfactory relief from his difficulty.

Nothing can be more satisfactory to me than the interest which your admonitions express.

It is absurd to discuss American local governments as agents of individual and social amelioration until they begin to meet their most essential and ordinary responsibilities in a more satisfactory manner.

It is difficult to imagine a more satisfactory evidence than this of we occurrence of implements in the auriferous, pre-glacial, sub-basaltic gravels.

And when the examination was concluded, that afternoon, the doctor informed Bibbs that the result was much too satisfactory to be pleasing.

Hill that he was appointed commander-in-chief, and when he arrived at head-quarters in Cambridge, he found the blockading army considerably discouraged by the defeat sustained, and otherwise in no very satisfactory condition.

The rain still fell, and the ground was boggy, but by digging close to the tough roots of the ferns she was able to construct a satisfactory burrow.

Whenever he noticed that, Egremont would pause a little and repeat in simpler form what he had been saying, with the satisfactory result that Bunce showed a clearer face and jotted something on his dirty note-book with his stumpy pencil.

A few trials of lead wire caulked cold gave such satisfactory results that it was adopted as a substitute.

You are fortunate in that you have access to an almost unlimited supply of cheap and entirely satisfactory laboratory animals in the shape of Papio ursinus, the chacma baboon, which is indigenous to South Africa and still occurs there in large numbers.

I arrived in England from Canada in the beginning of November, 1861, and at once telegraphed to the Duke, and on my way to London, at his request, I visited him at Clumber, and made my report of progress, which appeared to be highly satisfactory.