Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Satisfactory character or state; the power of satisfying or contenting: as, the satisfactoriness of successful ambition.
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- noun The state or quality of being
satisfactory .
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- noun the quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement
Etymologies
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Examples
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The present attempt (if it reach not to that completeness and satisfactoriness which is desired) may yet incite some of our brethren of more acute and polished judgments to embark themselves in some further discoveries for the public benefit of the Church.
The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
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This last point relates to a passing remark made by St Paul in Romans 14.4 about refraining from judging another believer: you are not entitled to assess the satisfactoriness of the behaviour of someone else's slave.
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This last point relates to a passing remark made by St Paul in Romans 14.4 about refraining from judging another believer: you are not entitled to assess the satisfactoriness of the behaviour of someone else's slave.
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The resulting self-ascribed happiness, however, seems to be a matter of judged satisfactoriness of (predominantly) other things in one's life rather than especially of how one feels, although the two are correlated (Urry et al. 2004).
Pleasure Katz, Leonard D. 2006
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Hereon they dispute about the merit and satisfactoriness of those works, with their condignity of the reward of eternal life.
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965
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And there was the com - pletely tacit arrangement with Sally, which had a solid sort of satisfactoriness about it.
Space Platform Leinster, Murray, 1896- 1953
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The ingenuity and satisfactoriness of the method must be admitted by all who give it a trial, and it is interesting to conjecture how it may have arisen.
Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Grace Christie
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This mountain has frequently been ascended, although there is no regular path leading to the summit, but the thick growth of wood on the top greatly hinders the satisfactoriness of the view.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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And there was the arrangement with Sally, which had a solid satisfactoriness about it.
Space Platform Murray Leinster 1935
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Well, sir, all hass passed off with the utmost satisfactoriness.
A Hanging 1931
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