satisfactory

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
20
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/sætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/

Definition of satisfactory

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.
    “The satisfactory results of the survey led to his promotion.”
    “The criterion of mental health is not one of individual adjustment to a given social order, but a universal one, valid for all men, of giving a satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.”
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adj

  1. Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.
    “The satisfactory results of the survey led to his promotion.”
    “The criterion of mental health is not one of individual adjustment to a given social order, but a universal one, valid for all men, of giving a satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.”
  2. Causing satisfaction; agreeable or pleasant; satisfying.
    “To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch their renewal of life,—this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.”
  3. Making atonement for a sin; expiatory.
    “[…] therefore the ſuffering of any other nature could not bee ſo pertinent, nor kindly ſatisfactory.”

noun

  1. Somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.
    “They seem quite big on more selectivity in breeding and stiffer tests to divide the satisfactories from rejects. They say that even the term 'satisfactories' is wrong because it suggests a level just above mediocrity.”
  2. The rating given to somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.
    “I've been a good student — mostly distinguisheds and only a few satisfactories […]”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French satisfactoire, from Late Latin satisfactōrius, from Latin satisfactus, past participle of satisfaciō.

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