satisfactory

Meanings

Adjective

• Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.
• Causing satisfaction; agreeable or pleasant; satisfying.
• Making atonement for a sin; expiatory.

Noun

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

Origin

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