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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. giving satisfaction;
- Example: "satisfactory living conditions"
- Example: "his grades were satisfactory"

2. meeting requirements;
- Example: "the step makes a satisfactory seat"
[syn: satisfactory, acceptable]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

satisfactory adj 1: giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory" [ant: unsatisfactory] 2: meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat" [syn: satisfactory, acceptable]