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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Satisfactory \Sat'is*fac"to*ry\, adjective [Cf. F. satisfactoire.]
1. Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a satisfactory account or explanation.
2. Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology.
A most wise and sufficient means of redemption and salvation, by the satisfactory and meritorious death and obedience of the incarnate Son of God, Jesus Christ. --Bp. Sanderson. -- {Sat'is*fac"to*ri*ly}, adverb -- {Sat'is*fac"to*ri*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
satisfactorily
adverb: in a satisfactory manner [ant: {unsatisfactorily}]
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