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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SATISFAC'TORY, a.
1. Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; particularly, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty and enabling it to rest with confidence; as, to give a satisfactory account of any remarkable transaction. A judge seeks for satisfactory evidence of guilt before he condemns.
2. Making amends, indemnification or recompose; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology for an offense.
- A most wise and sufficient means of salvation by the satisfactory and meritorious death and obedience of the incarnate Son of God, Jesus Christ.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory" [ant: unsatisfactory]
2: meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat" [syn: satisfactory, acceptable]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 15th century giving satisfaction ; adequate <a satisfactory performance> • satisfactorily adverb • satisfactoriness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 adequate; causing or giving satisfaction (was a satisfactory pupil). 2 satisfying expectations or needs; leaving no room for complaint (a satisfactory result). Derivatives: satisfactorily adv. satisfactoriness n. Etymology: F satisfactoire or med.L satisfactorius (as SATISFY)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Satisfactory Sat`is*fac"to*ry, a. [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. Sanderson. -- Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ly, adv. -- Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is satisfactory is acceptable to you or fulfils a particular need or purpose. I never got a satisfactory answer... = acceptable ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Gratifying, pleasing. 2. Sufficient, conclusive, convincing, decisive. 3. Compensating, atoning, that makes amends.

Moby Thesaurus

OK, absolute, acceptable, adequate, admissible, all right, ample, assuring, authoritative, barely sufficient, better than nothing, cogent, comfortable, commensurate, competent, conclusive, convictional, convincing, corresponding, decent, decisive, determinative, due, enough, equal to, fair, fairish, fit, good, good enough, goodish, impressive, minimal, minimum, moderate, not amiss, not bad, not half bad, not so bad, okay, passable, persuasive, plenty, plenty good enough, presentable, pretty good, proportionable, proportionate, respectable, satisfying, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, sufficient for, sufficing, suitable, telling, tidy, tolerable, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unimpeachable, unobjectionable, up to, workmanlike