satisfactory
/sætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.
adj
noun
Somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.
noun
The rating given to somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.
Example Sentences
- "The satisfactory results of the survey led to his promotion."
- "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."
- "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."
- "[…] therefore the ſuffering of any other nature could not bee ſo pertinent, nor kindly ſatisfactory."
- "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."
- "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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: satisfactoire, satisfactōrius, satisfactus