satisfactory

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French satisfactoire, from Late Latin satisfactōrius, from Latin satisfactus, past participle of satisfaciō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/

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Adjective

satisfactory (comparative more satisfactory, superlative most satisfactory)

1. Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.

   The satisfactory results of the survey led to his promotion.

   • 1955, Erich Fromm, The Sane Society‎^[1], Fawcet:

     The criterion of mental health is not one of individual adjustment to a given social order, but a universal one, valid for all men, of giving a satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

2. Causing satisfaction; agreeable or pleasant.
   • 1870, Charles Dudley Warner, “Preliminary”, in My Summer in a Garden, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, page 15:

     To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch their renewal of life,—this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.

3. (theology) Making atonement for a sin; expiatory.
   • 1623, John Mayer, The English Catechisme Explained, third edition, London: Aug. Mathewes, page 36:

     […] therefore the ſuffering of any other nature could not bee ſo pertinent, nor kindly ſatisfactory.

Derived terms

• satisfactorily (adv)
• unsatisfactory (adj)

Related terms

• satisfaction (n)
• satisfied (adj)

Translations

adequate or sufficient

• Armenian: բավարար (hy) (bavarar)
• Asturian: satisfactoriu
• Belarusian: здавальня́ючы (zdavalʹnjájučy), здаво́льны (zdavólʹny)
• Bulgarian: задоволи́телен (bg) (zadovolítelen)
• Catalan: satisfactori
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 完滿的／完满的 (zh), 完满的 (zh) (wánmǎn de), 滿足的／满足的 (zh), 满足的 (zh) (mǎnzú de)

• Czech: uspokojivý
• Dutch: bevredigend (nl)
• Estonian: rahuldav
• Finnish: tyydyttävä (fi)
• French: satisfaisant (fr)
• Galician: satisfactorio
• Georgian: დამაკმაყოფილებელი (damaḳmaq̇opilebeli)
• German: befriedigend (de)
• Greek: ικανοποιητικός (el) (ikanopoiitikós)
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• Hungarian: kielégítő (hu)
• Japanese: 満足 (ja) (manzoku)
• Korean: 만족스럽다 (ko) (manjokseureopda)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tilfredsstillende, tilstrekkelig, fyllestgjørende, fullgod

• Polish: zadowalający (pl)
• Portuguese: satisfatório (pt)
• Romanian: satisfăcător (ro)
• Russian: удовлетвори́тельный (ru) (udovletvorítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: satisfactorio (es)
• Telugu: సంతృప్తికరం (santr̥ptikaraṁ)
• Thai: น่าพอใจ (nâa pɔɔ jai)
• Ukrainian: задові́льний (zadovílʹnyj)
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