satisfactory
[sat-is-fak-tuh-ree, -fak-tree]
adjective
giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
Theology. atoning or expiating.
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RELATED WORDS
satisfying, fair, solid, decent, gratifying, good, valid, adequate, suitable, tolerable, ample, average, cogent, comfortable, competent, cool, enough, groovy, passable, peachy
Nearby words
- satirical,
- satirically,
- satirist,
- satirize,
- satisfaction,
- satisfice,
- satisficing behaviour,
- satisfied,
- satisfy,
- satisfying
Origin of satisfactory
1520–30; < Medieval Latin satisfactōrius, equivalent to Latin satisfac(ere) to do enough + -tōrius -tory1
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satisfactory
mid-15c., "capable of atoning for sin," from Middle French satisfactoire (14c.) and directly from Late Latin satisfactorius, from Latin satisfactus, past participle of satisfacere (see satisfy). Meaning "adequate" is from 1630s. Related: Satisfactorily; satisfactoriness.
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