satisfactory

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   meeting requirements

   the step makes a satisfactory seat

2. 2
   adj

   giving satisfaction

   satisfactory living conditions

3. 3
   adj

   Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.

   The satisfactory results of the survey led to his promotion.

4. 4
   adj

   Causing satisfaction; agreeable or pleasant; satisfying.

   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.

5. 5
   adj

   Making atonement for a sin; expiatory.

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

6. 6
   noun

   Somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.

   They seem quite big on more selectivity in breeding and stiffer tests to divide the satisfactories from rejects. They say that even the term 'satisfactories' is wrong because it suggests a level just above mediocrity.

7. 7
   noun

   The rating given to somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.

   I've been a good student — mostly distinguisheds and only a few satisfactories […]

Etymology

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