satisfactorily

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌsætəsˈfæktərəli/ UK /ˌsætɪsˈfæktərɪli/ See IPA manual

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adv
in a manner that meets requirements or expectations

The repairs were completed satisfactorily and on schedule.

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1 adv · in a manner that meets... adequately acceptably suitably sufficiently passably fittingly

Opposites

unsatisfactorilyinadequatelypoorly

Word family

Related forms satisfactory satisfy satisfaction

Etymology

From satisfactory + -ly, from Latin satisfactorius, from satisfacere ('to satisfy'), from satis ('enough') + facere ('to do, make').

satisfacere Latin satis Latin

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# satisfactorily

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** ˌsætəsˈfæktərəli
**IPA (UK):** ˌsætɪsˈfæktərɪli

## Meanings
1. in a manner that meets requirements or expectations

## Examples
- The repairs were completed satisfactorily and on schedule.

## Synonyms
- adequately
- acceptably
- suitably
- sufficiently
- passably
- fittingly

## Antonyms
- unsatisfactorily
- inadequately
- poorly

## Related Forms
- satisfactory
- satisfy
- satisfaction

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: satisfacere
- Root: satis

## Etymology
From satisfactory + -ly, from Latin satisfactorius, from satisfacere ('to satisfy'), from satis ('enough') + facere ('to do, make').

## AI Etymology
Satisfactorily comes from satisfactory + -ly, from Latin satisfactorius, from satisfacere ('to satisfy'), from satis ('enough') + facere ('to do, make'). The historical chain includes Latin satisfacere and Latin satis. Older glosses in the chain include "to satisfy", "enough", and "to do, make", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, satisfactorily is best read as compound, suffixal formation, and borrowing, yielding an English adverb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as an adverb, with the sense "in a manner that meets requirements or expectations". related forms include satisfactory, satisfy, and satisfaction. The result is an English adverb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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