satisfactory
adjective/ˌsætɪsˈfæktəri/
/ˌsætɪsˈfæktəri/
Word Family
- satisfaction noun (≠ dissatisfaction)
- satisfactory adjective (≠ unsatisfactory)
- satisfactorily adverb (≠ unsatisfactorily)
- satisfy verb
- satisfying adjective (≠ unsatisfying)
- satisfied adjective (≠ dissatisfied) (≠ unsatisfied)
- good enough for a particular purpose synonym acceptable
- a satisfactory explanation/answer/solution/conclusion
- The work is satisfactory but not outstanding.
- The existing law is not entirely/wholly satisfactory.
- A bonus will be paid on satisfactory completion of the contract.
- Her condition after the operation was described as ‘satisfactory’.
Extra Examples- You haven't yet given us a satisfactory explanation.
- I hope the dispute will soon come to a satisfactory conclusion.
- The results were not entirely satisfactory.
- The arrangement has proved mutually satisfactory.
- We hope this proposal is satisfactory to you.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
- …
- highly
- most
- very
- …
- to
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘leading to the atonement of sin’): from Old French satisfactoire or medieval Latin satisfactorius, from Latin satisfacere ‘to content’, from satis ‘enough’ + facere ‘make’. The current senses date from the mid 17th cent.
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