SATISFACTORY in a Sentence

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But towards daylight we got it all settled satisfactory, and concluded to drop crabapples and p'simmons.

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 Meanings and Examples of SATISFACTORY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
satisfactory
 a.  acceptable; passable
Classic Sentence: (57 in 4 pages)
1  They were satisfactory, and the property changed hands.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
2  This was satisfactory, and so these adventures were carried out.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  Consequently it was an extremely satisfactory one.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
4  There were very few there who knew what "tete" meant, but the poem was very satisfactory, nevertheless.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
5  The day was completed and crowned in a peculiarly satisfactory way: Becky teased her mother to appoint the next day for the long-promised and long-delayed picnic, and she consented.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
6  However, this sort of close to the day's adventures was romantic and therefore satisfactory.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
7  The widow said I was coming along slow but sure, and doing very satisfactory.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV.
8  But towards daylight we got it all settled satisfactory, and concluded to drop crabapples and p'simmons.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII.
9  So the thing was working very well, Tom said; he said he never see a thing work more satisfactory.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX.
10  There were, besides, other particulars he was desirous of ascertaining, and those were of a nature he alone could investigate in a manner satisfactory to himself.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25. The Unknown.
11  The procureur felt more at ease, although he had learned nothing really satisfactory, and, for the first time since the dinner-party at Auteuil, he slept soundly.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 69. The Inquiry.
12  On being asked where this old shipmate lived, he was unable to give any satisfactory reply.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
13  The hindquarters were not satisfactory.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 3
14  The meeting was very satisfactory on each side.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
15  This was explanatory, but not satisfactory.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
Example Sentence:
1  Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
2  Her weight went down to a satisfactory level.
3  The aircraft's behavior was satisfactory on its first test flight.
4  Her condition after the operation was described as 'satisfactory'.
5  If the item is not satisfactory, you will get your money back.
6  Sales are very satisfactory this month.
7  The result of the experiment was satisfactory.
8  His progress this term has been satisfactory.
9  If she is in a position to give satisfactory references as to character and competency, a situation can be offered her where there is but one pupil, a little girl, less than ten years of age.