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satisfactory

[sat-is-fak-tuh-ree, -fak-tree]

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adjective

giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.

Theology. atoning or expiating.

Origin:
1520–30; < Medieval Latin satisfactōrius, equivalent to Latin satisfac(ere) to do enough + -tōrius -tory¹

Related forms

sat·is·fac·to·ri·ly, adverb

sat·is·fac·to·ri·ness, noun

pre·sat·is·fac·to·ry, adjective

Synonyms
1. competent, adequate, suitable, passable.

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Example Sentences

And on the whole, the progress thus reported is highly satisfactory.

Appointment will be for one year, with possible renewal dependent upon funding and satisfactory review.

Two and a half millennia of debate have, however, failed to produce a satisfactory answer.

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And on the whole, the progress thus reported is highly satisfactory.

Appointment will be for one year, with possible renewal dependent upon funding and satisfactory review.

Two and a half millennia of debate have, however, failed to produce a satisfactory answer.

They understood how to plan great architectural and engineering works and to carry them to a satisfactory conclusion.

They demand to be shown satisfactory proof of safety.

Drip irrigation is ideal to help reduce disease problems, but overhead irrigation is satisfactory.

Various explanations have been offered, none of them terribly satisfactory.

She gave a generally satisfactory account of herself.

All offers of employment are contingent on completion of a satisfactory background check.

Sure enough, the speedometer shoots up in a satisfactory way.

Those records had a satisfactory distribution and got us even on some radio and television shows.

No satisfactory explanation as per what could have caused inflation has ever been tabled.

Filtered shade is best, but full sun can be satisfactory.

Moreover, neither technology nor major military or similar efforts have provided a satisfactory solution to the problem.

Amityville is always sure of a satisfactory season, and each year finds it more popular with pleasure seekers.

Satisfactory reference and background checks are a condition of employment.

It is neither so simple as to be trivial or too difficult for satisfactory solution.

Drinking from the straw was hardly more satisfactory.

Many old roses, shrub roses, and species roses do not need regular fertilizer if growth is satisfactory.

We will be acting as quickly as possible to find a satisfactory solution for our customers.

Four were in satisfactory condition and a fifth was in stable condition.

Employment in this position is contingent upon a satisfactory background check.

The first is that she has made satisfactory arrangements for the remainder of her long life.

While perhaps not as great as the hybrid vatieties, my heirloom tomato plants have always produced a satisfactory crop level.

Both agreements are in effect and enabling a satisfactory and growing exchange of traffic between the companies.

Gatza said that the settlement was satisfactory to both sides.

My mad google/forum searching skills have not turned up a satisfactory answer for this particular situation.

Yet more farm-subsidies hardly seem a satisfactory answer.

It is such a complete solution, indeed, rarely has science ever discovered such a satisfactory explanation for anything.

It is entirely possible that the microprocessor business will not have a satisfactory growth rate in the years to come.

The injured were all reported in satisfactory condition.

I've tried three ways of managing a reading list, none of them wholly satisfactory.

There are calls within the party for him to resign if he cannot reach a satisfactory outcome by the end of this month.

Now it seems to me that these standards for reaching satisfactory quality are extremely low.

If the result upon one trial is not satisfactory they can try again.

Saving makes possible our future financial goals-including a satisfactory retirement.

No country, he admits, has yet come up with a satisfactory answer.

Reliability of such plants has proven to be extremely satisfactory.

The attendance was good and the bidding satisfactory.

If you do, you can say you are confident that you will be able to agree on satisfactory compensation.

Neither of these precedents is satisfactory as a model for the new millennium.

The gentlemen arrived on an early train, and have since combined business with pleasure in a way satisfactory to all.

Whether this is or is not a satisfactory way of providing undergraduate education is a hotly argued question.

The outcome, however, is less clean and much less satisfactory than the regulators seem to think.

In addition, a school district can confer tenure on a teacher within three years, if he or she gets satisfactory evaluations.

The offer is contingent on a satisfactory background check.

There is no satisfactory answer provided by atheists.

Yet it did not add up to form a truly satisfactory whole.

Neither approach provides a satisfactory view of what is uniquely human.

But for years states and districts have not even attempted to answer it, rating the vast majority of teachers as satisfactory.

Even this would seem to get the main ideas into the academic record in a more satisfactory manner than a non-reviewed web journal.

Panicky regicide rarely results in satisfactory outcomes.

C means a student is qualified to move to the next level, that the work is satisfactory but nothing more.

It is hard to see how a satisfactory solution could miraculously emerge within the next few hours.

One hotel treated me as a customer and it was a fine satisfactory time.

Capital requirements are not satisfactory given our corrupt and incompetent ratings system.

We should encourage programs to make judgments about students who are not making satisfactory progress.

None of these hypotheses, by itself, is purely satisfactory.

Your overall rating came out to satisfactory for your first year here with us.

The man who lost part of his penis in the lawnmower is in satisfactory condition.

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World English Dictionary

satisfactory (ˌsætɪsˈfæktərɪ, -trɪ)

—*adj*
1.	adequate or suitable; acceptable: a satisfactory answer
2.	giving satisfaction
3.	constituting or involving atonement, recompense, or expiation for sin

satis'factorily

—*adv*

satis'factoriness

—n

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Medical Dictionary

satisfactory sat·is·fac·to·ry (sāt'ĭs-fāk'tə-rē)
adj.
Providing satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement.

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