English-Thai Dictionary

satisfactory

ADJ น่าพอใจ  เป็น ที่ น่าพอใจ  สาแก่ใจ  gratifying rewarding satisfying useful dissatisfactory na-por-jai

 

satisfactory

ADJ เพียงพอ  adequate enough sufficient piang-por

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SATISFACTORY

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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SATISFACTORY

Sat `is *fac "to *ry, a. Etym: [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 meritorius death and obedience of the incarnate Son of God, Jesus Christ. Bp. Sanderson. -- Sat `is *fac "to *ri *ty, adv. -- Sat `is *fac "to *ri *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

satisfactory

sat is fac to ry |ˌsatisˈfakt (ə )rē sætɪsˈfæktəri | ▶adjective fulfilling expectations or needs; acceptable, though not outstanding or perfect: the brakes are satisfactory if not particularly powerful. • (of a patient in a hospital ) not deteriorating or likely to die. • Law (of evidence or a verdict ) sufficient for the needs of the case. DERIVATIVES sat is fac to ri ly |-t (ə )rəlē |adverb, sat is fac to ri ness noun 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 ’ (see satisfy ). The current senses date from the mid 17th cent. usage: The adjectives satisfactory and satisfying are closely related (both deriving from the Latin satis ‘enough ’ + facere ‘to make ’), but there is an important distinction. Satisfactory denotes the meeting or fulfillment of expectations, standards, or requirements: the car's satisfactory performance in its first three road tests. Satisfying denotes the same, but goes further to connote the pleasure or enjoyment derived from the satisfaction: it was a satisfying one-dish meal.

 

Oxford Dictionary

satisfactory

sat ¦is |fac ¦tory |satɪsˈfakt (ə )ri | ▶adjective fulfilling expectations or needs; acceptable, though not outstanding or perfect: he didn't get a satisfactory answer. • (of a patient in a hospital ) not deteriorating or likely to die. • Law (of evidence or a verdict ) sufficient for the needs of the case: the verdict is safe and satisfactory . DERIVATIVES satisfactorily adverb, satisfactoriness noun 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 ’ (see satisfy ). The current senses date from the mid 17th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

satisfactory

satisfactory adjective the work isn't extraordinary, but it is satisfactory: adequate, all right, acceptable, good enough, sufficient, reasonable, quite good, competent, fair, decent, average, passable; fine, in order, up to scratch, up to the mark, up to standard, up to par; informal OK, jake, hunky-dory, so-so, 'comme ci, comme ça'. ANTONYMS inadequate, poor.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

satisfactory

satisfactory adjective David Kerslake made a satisfactory debut for Leeds: adequate, all right, acceptable, good enough, sufficient, sufficiently good, fine, in order, up to scratch, up to the mark, up to standard, up to par, competent, reasonable, quite good, fair, decent, not bad, average, tolerable, passable, middling, moderate; presentable; suitable, convenient; informal OK, so-so, fair-to-middling; N. Amer. & Austral. /NZ informal jake. ANTONYMS unsatisfactory, inadequate, unacceptable, poor.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

satisfactory

sat is fac to ry /sæ̀tɪsfǽkt (ə )ri / (! 名詞 の前ではs á tisf à ctory ) →satisfy 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈事が 〉【人にとって /事 物にとって 】満足のいく , 納得のいく «to /for » ; 好ましい , 十分な ▸ a satisfactory explanation 納得のいく説明 ▸ satisfactory academic progress 十分な学業の前進 .2 ｟米 ｠〈成績が 〉可の .