satisfactory

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sat·is·fac·tory BrE [ˌsætɪsˈfæktəri] NAmE [ˌsætɪsˈfæktəri] adjective
good enough for a particular purpose
Syn: ↑acceptable
•a satisfactory explanation/answer/solution/conclusion
•The work is satisfactory but not outstanding.
•The existing law is not entirely/wholly satisfactory.
•A bonus will be paid on satisfactory completion of the contract.
•Her condition after the operation was described as ‘satisfactory’.
Opp: ↑unsatisfactory
Derived Word: ↑satisfactorily

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘leading to the atonement of sin’): from Old French satisfactoire or medieval Latin satisfactorius, from Latin satisfacere ‘to content’, from satis ‘enough’ + facere ‘make’. The current senses date from the mid 17th cent.

Thesaurus:
satisfactory [satisfactorily satisfactory] adj.
•He couldn't give us a satisfactory explanation.
adequate • • acceptable • • reasonable • • decent • • respectable • • fair • |especially spoken all right • • not bad • |informal, especially spoken OK • |formal in order •
Opp: unsatisfactory
satisfactory/acceptable/reasonable/fair/all right/OK/in order to do sth
satisfactory/acceptable/reasonable/fair/all right/OK/in order that…
satisfactory/adequate/acceptable/reasonable/all right/not bad/OK for sb/sth
a/an satisfactory/adequate/acceptable/reasonable/decent/respectable/fair level/degree/standard

Example Bank:
•The arrangement has proved mutually satisfactory.
•The results were not entirely satisfactory.
•We hope this proposal is satisfactory to you.
•I hope the dispute will soon come to a satisfactory conclusion.
•The existing law is not wholly satisfactory.
•Their work is satisfactory but not outstanding.
•You haven't yet given us a satisfactory explanation.