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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]:
satisfactory
adjective
1: giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory" [ant: {unsatisfactory}]
2: meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat" [syn: {acceptable}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "satisfactory": OK, absolute, acceptable, adequate, admissible, all right, ample, assuring, authoritative, barely sufficient, better than nothing, cogent, comfortable, commensurate, competent, conclusive, convictional, convincing, corresponding, decent, decisive, determinative, due, enough, equal to, fair, fairish, fit, good, good enough, goodish, impressive, minimal, minimum, moderate, not amiss, not bad, not half bad, not so bad, okay, passable, persuasive, plenty, plenty good enough, presentable, pretty good, proportionable, proportionate, respectable, satisfying, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, sufficient for, sufficing, suitable, telling, tidy, tolerable, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unimpeachable, unobjectionable, up to, workmanlike
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