satisfactory — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.

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   The satisfactory results of the survey led to his promotion.

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   The criterion of mental health is not one of individual adjustment to a given social order, but a universal one, valid for all men, of giving a satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

2. Causing satisfaction; agreeable or pleasant; satisfying.

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   To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch their renewal of life,—this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.

3. Making atonement for a sin; expiatory.

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   […] therefore the ſuffering of any other nature could not bee ſo pertinent, nor kindly ſatisfactory.

Noun

1. Somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.

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   They seem quite big on more selectivity in breeding and stiffer tests to divide the satisfactories from rejects. They say that even the term 'satisfactories' is wrong because it suggests a level just above mediocrity.

2. The rating given to somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.

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   I've been a good student — mostly distinguisheds and only a few satisfactories […]

Adjective

1. giving satisfaction

   Antonyms

   unsatisfactory

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   satisfactory living conditions

   his grades were satisfactory

2. meeting requirements

   Synonyms

   acceptabledecent

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   the step makes a satisfactory seat

   I would kill for a decent cup of coffee

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   a decent wage