Satisfactory

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Satisfactory \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.
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     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.
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              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.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ly}, adv. --
        {Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  satisfactory
       adj 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