satisfactory
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Adjective (2)
- giving satisfaction“satisfactory living conditions”“his grades were satisfactory”Opposite unsatisfactorySimilar all right, adequate, comforting, passing, alright, right, copaceticSee also acceptable, adequate
- meeting requirements“the step makes a satisfactory seat”“I would kill for a decent cup of coffee”“a decent wage”Synonyms: acceptabledecentOpposite badSimilar good
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Translations
Adjective adequate or sufficient
- Spanish
- satisfactorio
- French
- satisfaisant
- German
- zufriedenstellend
- Italian
- soddisfacente
- Portuguese
- satisfatório
- Turkish
- tatminkâr
- Russian
- удовлетвори́тельный udovletvorítelʹnyj
- Japanese
- 満足のいく manzoku no iku
- Swedish
- tillfredsställande
- Greek
- ικανοποιητικός ikanopoiitikós
13 more languages
- Korean
- 만족스럽다 manjokseureopda
- Indonesian
- memuaskan
- Hungarian
- kielégítő
- Portuguese (PT)
- satisfatório
- Catalan
- satisfactori
- Czech
- uspokojivý
- Danish
- tilfredsstillende
- Finnish
- tyydyttävä
- Georgian
- დამაკმაყოფილებელი damaḳmaq̇opilebeli
- Icelandic
- ásættanlegur
- Norwegian
- tilfredsstillende
- Romanian
- satisfăcător
- Welsh
- boddhaol
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: 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. Robert Sanderson
— Sat′wb-a2′>′is·fac′wb-a1′>′to·ri·ly (#), adverb — Sat′wb-a2′>′is·fac′wb-a1′>′to·ri·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54