EGAVE

satisfactory

About 18.00 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.
    The satisfactory results of the survey led to his promotion.
  2. adjective Causing satisfaction; agreeable or pleasant; satisfying.
  3. adjective Making atonement for a sin; expiatory.
  4. noun Somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.
  5. noun The rating given to somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.

Similar words

alright acceptable all right passable adequate good satisfying ok fine copacetic

Often followed by

to results for and in explanation solution answer as

Word family

satisfactorily satisfactoriness satisfactorinesses

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