satisfactorily

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Recent Examples of satisfactorily Given that the Touch Bar is no more, this stumbling block was never satisfactorily overcome. — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 The one question that was asked repeatedly, but was never satisfactorily answered, was why the Linwood store had been chosen for the turnover. — Eric Adler july 9, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026 The easiest to do that with might be David Moller Wolfe, who has been unable to dislodge Hugo Bueno from the team but who has generally performed satisfactorily when called up in his debut season. — Steve Madeley, New York Times, 12 May 2026 The judge’s order stated that Empower continues to fail to perform satisfactorily despite the quality improvement plans, corrective actions and other remedial measures put in place by the state, and poses imminent danger to the children under its care. — Jane Harper, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026 Maybe most readers really do feel it’s been satisfactorily replaced by the Tomatometer and Amazon customer reviews and friends on Goodreads. — John Williams, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026 Greg’s just not that interesting a villain, and whatever Season 3 was doing with him didn’t satisfactorily pay off or, at worst, felt like an extended setup for a Season 4. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Jan. 2026 The paintings are serious works of deliberate construction which read satisfactorily as abstractions not unrelated to the work of Caio Fonseca. — Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025 Fisher has agreed to pay $1,000 to enter a yearlong diversion program that, if completed satisfactorily, could end in the trespass charge's being dismissed. — Meriam Bouarrouj, NBC news, 3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for satisfactorily
Adverb
  • Portugal defender Antonio Silva, signed from Benfica in the summer, is settling in nicely.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • To put it nicely, that’s just not who Brown has been in this league.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • In simple terms, this means a place must be significant beyond its own country, and its cultural or natural importance must be exceptional enough to matter to people around the world, including future generations.
    — Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Some have complained that Becerra is an unworthy, boring torchbearer for Latinos — not dynamic enough to meet a moment where many hoped for a firebrand.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • Ungrafted vines give this vertical, saline energy, and the tannins are fine-grained.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026
  • That would have worked out fine when Fochesato tried redeeming his Timeless Ticket for a potential World Series game in 2018, when the Brewers reached the NL Championship Series.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • There’s no slicing and dicing without a sufficiently sharp edge.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • According to The Guardian, Lett allowed a BBC subpoena directed to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort to proceed Thursday, finding the club sufficiently connected to Trump’s professional activities to fall within the scope of discovery.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Yet underneath the surface of this mostly good-spirited fun—and my apologies for being the fun police—lies a layer of homophobia and, yes, misogyny.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Sixteen candidates are competing for three at-large seats on the Los Angeles Community College District board, with broad agreement that students need more support for basic needs and pathways to good-paying jobs.
    — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • The steps and skills required to adequately shop for groceries or pick out the right kindergarten for a child are broad and vague.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Zimmern questioned whether the results adequately reflected differences among salmon producers worldwide.
    — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • For most of the game, without cornerbacks Mansoor Delane (shoulder) and L’Jarius Sneed (knee), Kansas City covered Denver’s dynamic receivers well.
    — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
  • And the party’s inability to come together during the final week of the election is likely to haunt it well into the 2028 primary.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • Though the spacecraft seemed to work alright, the crew got a little snippy during their 11 days in space.
    — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Matthew McConaughey hopes that Woody Harrelson has a more than alright, alright, alright 65th birthday.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026

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“Satisfactorily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satisfactorily. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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