satisfactory
giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
Theology. atoning or expiating.
Origin of satisfactory
1Other words for satisfactory
Other words from satisfactory
- sat·is·fac·to·ri·ly, adverb
- sat·is·fac·to·ri·ness, noun
- pre·sat·is·fac·to·ry, adjective
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How to use satisfactory in a sentence
That said, if reputation gives you peace of mind, there are some leaders that all but guarantee a satisfactory shaving experience.
Best electric shaver: Get a smooth shave with our picks | Jeremy Helligar | December 18, 2020 | Popular-ScienceAt other times I suspect we only stick around because we’re playing the real-world equivalent of a video game—conditioned to crave the chemical release from a momentary discovery, or a satisfactory fitting of a curve to data points.
Five Scientists on the Heroes Who Changed Their Lives - Issue 93: Forerunners | Alan Lightman, Hope Jahren, Robert Sapolsky, | December 2, 2020 | NautilusBluetooth technology has greatly improved over the years and chances are any model you find will have a satisfactory range and steady performance.
Best wireless headphones: Five things to consider | Carsen Joenk | November 25, 2020 | Popular-ScienceTraditionally, a buyer would make an offer subject to a satisfactory home inspection.
“TikTok has been informed that the authority is open for engagement and will review its decision subject to a satisfactory mechanism by TikTok to moderate unlawful content,” said Pakistan Telecommunication Authority in a statement.
Pakistan bans TikTok over ‘immoral and indecent’ videos | Manish Singh | October 9, 2020 | TechCrunch
Let me spare you the reading time: He never satisfactorily responds to that question, but then again, the answer is self-evident.
The video was reported as requiring more than 50 takes to complete satisfactorily.
Duck-pocalypse, Animated Mormons, and More Viral Videos | Alex Chancey | June 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEach show ends a hint of Borgesian uncertainty, as if the mystery can never quite be satisfactorily explained.
‘Elementary’ vs. ‘Sherlock’: Why There’s Room for More Than One Holmes | Allen Barra | November 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt lasted less than 13 seconds and has never been explained satisfactorily by the Sofitel management.
DSK’s Immunity Claim Rejected: Nafissatou Diallo Will Have Her Day in Court | Christopher Dickey | May 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTYet without a large amount of their roots these Ferns can never be satisfactorily established.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinAfter his wife's death, the Consul had never succeeded in dividing this duty satisfactorily between them.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandBut why she liked him she could not explain satisfactorily to herself when she partly attempted to do so.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinIt is equally difficult to explain satisfactorily how it was that Sarah, the wife of Abraham, was also his sister.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)This change has been very satisfactorily explained by the contemporary history of the Catacombs.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry Withrow
British Dictionary definitions for satisfactory
/ (ˌsætɪsˈfæktərɪ, -trɪ) /
adequate or suitable; acceptable: a satisfactory answer
giving satisfaction
constituting or involving atonement, recompense, or expiation for sin
Derived forms of satisfactory
- satisfactorily, adverb
- satisfactoriness, noun
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