Satisfactory
adjective
Good enough, able to fulfill a need or purpose.
My understanding of English is now satisfactory.
Often appears as...
- satisfactory performance
- satisfactory condition
adjective
Meeting the accepted standards or requirements.
The workers did a satisfactory job in repairing the street.
Often appears as...
- satisfactory inspection
- satisfactory evaluation
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Technical
adjective
Good enough, able to fulfill a need or purpose.
My understanding of English is now satisfactory.
Often appears as...
- satisfactory performance
- satisfactory condition
adjective
Meeting the accepted standards or requirements.
The workers did a satisfactory job in repairing the street.
Often appears as...
- satisfactory inspection
- satisfactory evaluation
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Not Exceptional
Satisfactory means something is okay, but not outstanding or superb.
Her performance was satisfactory, but did not wow the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Meeting Expectations
Use 'satisfactory' to show that something meets the basic expectations or needs.
The meal was satisfactory; it filled us up but wasn't special.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
The word 'satisfactory' can suggest a lack of enthusiasm; it's a polite way to say okay.
Your work is satisfactory, but I encourage you to aim higher.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Exceptional
Satisfactory means something is okay, but not outstanding or superb.
Her performance was satisfactory, but did not wow the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Meeting Expectations
Use 'satisfactory' to show that something meets the basic expectations or needs.
The meal was satisfactory; it filled us up but wasn't special.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
The word 'satisfactory' can suggest a lack of enthusiasm; it's a polite way to say okay.
Your work is satisfactory, but I encourage you to aim higher.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Exceptional
Satisfactory means something is okay, but not outstanding or superb.
Her performance was satisfactory, but did not wow the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Meeting Expectations
Use 'satisfactory' to show that something meets the basic expectations or needs.
The meal was satisfactory; it filled us up but wasn't special.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
The word 'satisfactory' can suggest a lack of enthusiasm; it's a polite way to say okay.
Your work is satisfactory, but I encourage you to aim higher.
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I grew up in the...
I thought my rightness justified my rudeness -- harsh tones, raised voices, insults, interruptions -- but that strategy is ultimately counterproductive. Dialing up the volume and the snark is natural in stressful situations, but it tends to bring the conversation to an unsatisfactory, explosive end.
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Inside OKCupid: The math...
The second question is worth only 1, because you said it was only a little important. B got that wrong, so B's answers were 50 out of 51 possible points. That's 98% satisfactory. Pretty good. The second question the algorithm looks at How much did you satisfy B?
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Tim Flannery: Here on...
there were billions of stars there and asked a very simple question why the great silence why aren't we hearing from other intelligences out there in the vast nursin universe and there really are only two satisfactory explanations to Fermi's
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Tom Shannon: The painter...
to be able to support that. Now is this electromagnetic here, or are these static? Those are permanent magnets, yeah. Because if the power went out, there would just be a big noise. Yeah. It's really unsatisfactory having plug-in art.
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Why our universe might...
but it seems a fairly unsatisfactory and incomplete solution. Too many questions are left unanswered. The Higgs boson does not share the beauty, the symmetry, the elegance, of the rest of the elementary particle world.
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What Tina Turner taught...
give for comebacks and a very small amount of it seems to be based on empirical evidence and as I took responsibility for my own comeback I found the conventional models unsatisfactory I needed something more
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein...
says that it has the value that it does because if it didn't we wouldn't exist like it's i find that to be a deeply unsatisfactory answer and i just want another one all right well we'll uh we'll have you
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Be humble -- and other...
or maybe even faster? I started looking for answers. I spoke to many people, I spoke to my friends, I spoke to my family. I even read many self-help books. But I couldn't find anything satisfactory.
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Winston Groom: The...
how the Federal Army got surprised has never been satisfactorily explained grants engineer laid out camps with a mind toward sanitation and convenience
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Bears Dancing in the...
but summer is short itches satisfactorily scratched it's time to eat
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I grew up in the...
I thought my rightness justified my rudeness -- harsh tones, raised voices, insults, interruptions -- but that strategy is ultimately counterproductive. Dialing up the volume and the snark is natural in stressful situations, but it tends to bring the conversation to an unsatisfactory, explosive end.
Video examples
Inside OKCupid: The math...
The second question is worth only 1, because you said it was only a little important. B got that wrong, so B's answers were 50 out of 51 possible points. That's 98% satisfactory. Pretty good. The second question the algorithm looks at How much did you satisfy B?
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Tim Flannery: Here on...
there were billions of stars there and asked a very simple question why the great silence why aren't we hearing from other intelligences out there in the vast nursin universe and there really are only two satisfactory explanations to Fermi's
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Tom Shannon: The painter...
to be able to support that. Now is this electromagnetic here, or are these static? Those are permanent magnets, yeah. Because if the power went out, there would just be a big noise. Yeah. It's really unsatisfactory having plug-in art.
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Why our universe might...
but it seems a fairly unsatisfactory and incomplete solution. Too many questions are left unanswered. The Higgs boson does not share the beauty, the symmetry, the elegance, of the rest of the elementary particle world.
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What Tina Turner taught...
give for comebacks and a very small amount of it seems to be based on empirical evidence and as I took responsibility for my own comeback I found the conventional models unsatisfactory I needed something more
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein...
says that it has the value that it does because if it didn't we wouldn't exist like it's i find that to be a deeply unsatisfactory answer and i just want another one all right well we'll uh we'll have you
Video examples
Be humble -- and other...
or maybe even faster? I started looking for answers. I spoke to many people, I spoke to my friends, I spoke to my family. I even read many self-help books. But I couldn't find anything satisfactory.
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Winston Groom: The...
how the Federal Army got surprised has never been satisfactorily explained grants engineer laid out camps with a mind toward sanitation and convenience
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Bears Dancing in the...
but summer is short itches satisfactorily scratched it's time to eat
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Amelia Earhart
American Aviator
Mostly, my flying has been solo, but the preparation for it wasn't. Without my husband's help and encouragement, I could not have attempted what I have. Ours has been a contented and reasonable partnership, he with his solo jobs and I with mine. But always with work and play together, conducted under a satisfactory system of dual control.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying.
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David Brainerd
American Clergyman
The whole world appears to me like a huge vacuum, a vast empty space, whence nothing desirable, or at least satisfactory, can possibly be derived; and I long daily to die more and more to it; even though I obtain not that comfort from spiritual things which I earnestly desire.
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Annie Besant
English Philosopher
What is a philosophy? It Is an answer satisfactory to the reason to all the great problems of life. That is what is meant by philosophy. It must satisfy the reason, and it must show the unity underlying the endless diversity of the facts that science observes.
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Russell Hoban
American Novelist
There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent one. If you don't make that response, you continually relive the unresolved situation over and over in your life.
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Austin Aries
American Wrestler
Pay-per-views bring conclusion to storylines and what has been going on from television. It is important to give viewers satisfactory pay off over storylines and that is why pay-per-views are important.
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Bob McNair
American Businessman
If you're going to have a satisfactory standard of living, you're going to have to be competitive in this world. And you can't be competitive if you don't have a good education.
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David Dellinger
I always emphasize that in the long run one can't satisfactorily say no to war, violence and injustice unless one is simultaneously saying yes to life and love and laughter.
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Lucy Lawless
New Zealander Actress
I am waiting for a sign that will indicate to me what meaning I must give to my life, but right now my existence is satisfactory.
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Tennessee Williams
American Dramatist
Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.
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Amelia Earhart
American Aviator
Mostly, my flying has been solo, but the preparation for it wasn't. Without my husband's help and encouragement, I could not have attempted what I have. Ours has been a contented and reasonable partnership, he with his solo jobs and I with mine. But always with work and play together, conducted under a satisfactory system of dual control.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying.
Quote examples
David Brainerd
American Clergyman
The whole world appears to me like a huge vacuum, a vast empty space, whence nothing desirable, or at least satisfactory, can possibly be derived; and I long daily to die more and more to it; even though I obtain not that comfort from spiritual things which I earnestly desire.
Quote examples
Annie Besant
English Philosopher
What is a philosophy? It Is an answer satisfactory to the reason to all the great problems of life. That is what is meant by philosophy. It must satisfy the reason, and it must show the unity underlying the endless diversity of the facts that science observes.
Quote examples
Russell Hoban
American Novelist
There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent one. If you don't make that response, you continually relive the unresolved situation over and over in your life.
Quote examples
Austin Aries
American Wrestler
Pay-per-views bring conclusion to storylines and what has been going on from television. It is important to give viewers satisfactory pay off over storylines and that is why pay-per-views are important.
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Bob McNair
American Businessman
If you're going to have a satisfactory standard of living, you're going to have to be competitive in this world. And you can't be competitive if you don't have a good education.
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David Dellinger
I always emphasize that in the long run one can't satisfactorily say no to war, violence and injustice unless one is simultaneously saying yes to life and love and laughter.
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Lucy Lawless
New Zealander Actress
I am waiting for a sign that will indicate to me what meaning I must give to my life, but right now my existence is satisfactory.
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Tennessee Williams
American Dramatist
Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.
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