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# satisfactorily

«satisfactorily» in Mova's school dictionary: **good enough or acceptable** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (satisfactorily)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a way that is good enough or acceptable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfactorily/#m1)

2) In a way that meets a rule or a need. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfactorily/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school reports «working satisfactorily» means doing well enough, not excellent. In everyday life and the formal voice it means a job was done properly. In maths, a problem is «solved satisfactorily» when the answer is checked. Phrases: «completed satisfactorily», «progressing satisfactorily», «answer satisfactorily».

### examples

- The patient is recovering satisfactorily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfactorily/#x1)
- He completed the course satisfactorily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfactorily/#x2)
- The plumber fixed the leak satisfactorily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfactorily/#x3)
- Your homework was done satisfactorily, but try harder on spelling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfactorily/#x4)
- The question was not answered satisfactorily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfactorily/#x5)
- Things are going satisfactorily at the new school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfactorily/#x6)
- This applied, however, more particularly to plans which resulted satisfactorily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfactorily/#x7)

### note

Long spelling: sat-is-fac-to-ri-ly. Adjective: «satisfactory». In reports «satisfactory» is middle, below «good». Opposite: «unsatisfactorily».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «satisfactorily» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satisfactorily/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.