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satisfactually

satisfactually adverb: in a way that involves satisfaction or makes someone satisfied; satisfactorily, satisfiedly.

Adverb

satisfactually (comparative more satisfactually, superlative most satisfactually)

  1. (nonstandard) In a way that involves satisfaction or makes someone satisfied; satisfactorily, satisfiedly.
    • My Anſwer is, that tho' the true God cannot be worſhipped nor known to the Satisfaction of the Soul, under the higheſt reaſonable Ructitude or Sanctification, till the aforeſaid time is commenced; yet there is a new Heart provided, by which the true God is as clearly ſeen, and as ſatisfactually...1727, The True Key to the Bible, Which Is the Mediator, London: [s.n.], page 15
    • He sets the figurine down, clasps his hand to his breast and smiles satisfactually.1952 December, Alice Whitson Norton, “Christmas Eve In A Toy Shop”, in American Childhood, volume 38, number 4, Springfield, M.A.: Milton Bradley Company, page 28

Forms of satisfactually

comparativemore satisfactually
superlativemost satisfactually

Origin of satisfactually

Possibly from satisfactual + -ly, although satisfactual is attested significantly later and in different contexts. Alternatively, a nonstandard variant of satisfactorily, especially in non-native speakers' English.

Questions about satisfactually

What does satisfactually mean?
Satisfactually means in a way that involves satisfaction or makes someone satisfied; satisfactorily, satisfiedly.
What part of speech is satisfactually?
Satisfactually is an adverb.

Words near satisfactually in the dictionary

  1. satisfactoriness
  2. satisfactorious
  3. satisfactory
  4. satisfacts
  5. satisfactual
  6. satisfactually
  7. satisfiabilities
  8. satisfiability
  9. satisfiable
  10. satisfice
  11. satisficed

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