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The characteristics of a good playlet ending—besides the completeness with which the problem has been "proved" and the satisfyingness with which it all rounds out—are terseness, speed and "punch."

From Writing for Vaudeville by Page, Brett

In its presence he either feels the spontaneous delight which comes of a general satisfyingness, or he feels the annoyance of a general unsatisfyingness, or he feels neither one nor the other.

From Platform Monologues by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)

Third.—The more the pupil is set toward getting the question answered or getting the end achieved, the greater is the satisfyingness attached to the bonds of knowledge or skill which mean progress thereto.

From The Psychology of Arithmetic by Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)

To that, perhaps, a large part of its satisfyingness was due.

From Ann Veronica, a modern love story by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)