Meaning of SATISFACTORY
| Pronunciation: | | `satis'fakturee
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- [adj] meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat"
- [adj] giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory"
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| | Synonyms: | | acceptable, adequate, all right(p), all-right(a), alright, cheering, comforting, copacetic, copasetic, copesetic, copesettic, fair to middling, fine, good, hunky-dory, o.k., ok, okay, passable, passing(a), right, satisfying |
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| | Antonyms: | | unsatisfactory | | |
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| | Definition: | | \Sat`is*fac"to*ry\, a. [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}, adv. -- {Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness},
n.
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