satisfactory
adjective
giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements.
satisfactorily
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a word derived from
satisfactory.
Example Sentences
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Weightier than any of that is the ever-more involuted mystery enveloping the real Elizabeth Short, whose murder has inspired fictionalized homages before De Palma’s movie and since, but has yet to be satisfactorily rendered onscreen.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Other new treatments available at Mar Monte clinics focus on women’s health issues that some patients believe aren’t satisfactorily addressed by traditional doctors offices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
And this is the real thing I think we haven’t grappled with, but I’m not sure people who are watching the court have yet satisfactorily explained it, at least to my ears.
From Slate ● Dec. 27, 2025
Now the letter sent to schools this week says some suppliers may not have been paid and unfinished works not "fully and satisfactorily completed".
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
No one had been able to name it satisfactorily, for although it was green, shades of blue and gray and violet whispered beneath it, as in the sea on a cloudy day.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
