Satisfactory

/sætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/ · adjective

Meaning

Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient..

Definitions by Sense

1. Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.
2. Causing satisfaction; agreeable or pleasant; satisfying.
3. (theology) Making atonement for a sin; expiatory.
4. Somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.
5. The rating given to somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

[…] therefore the ſuffering of any other nature could not bee ſo pertinent, nor kindly ſatisfactory.

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.

I've been a good student — mostly distinguisheds and only a few satisfactories […]

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• more satisfactory
• most satisfactory
• satisfactories

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