SATISFACTORILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does satisfactorily mean? 

• SATISFACTORILY (adverb)
  The adverb SATISFACTORILY has 1 sense:

1. in a satisfactory manner

  Familiarity information: SATISFACTORILY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SATISFACTORILY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a satisfactory manner

Antonym:

unsatisfactorily (in an unsatisfactory manner)

Pertainym:

satisfactory (giving satisfaction)

 Context examples 

I intimated that my aunt would be proud and delighted to make their acquaintance; though I must say I was not quite sure of their getting on very satisfactorily together.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

They can do nothing satisfactorily without you.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

To her the conference closed as satisfactorily as to him.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

She complains of difficulty in breathing satisfactorily at times, and of heavy, lethargic sleep, with dreams that frighten her, but regarding which she can remember nothing.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Occasionally it came up too close, or fell off too freely; but it always recovered itself and in the main behaved satisfactorily.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

If you have a fancy for anything in that line, away with you, sir, to the bazaars of Stamboul without delay, and lay out in extensive slave- purchases some of that spare cash you seem at a loss to spend satisfactorily here.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Mr. Knightley had a cheerful manner, which always did him good; and his many inquiries after “poor Isabella” and her children were answered most satisfactorily.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Having so satisfactorily settled the conviction her note would convey, she could not but be astonished to see Mr. Crawford, as she accidentally did, coming up to the house again, and at an hour as early as the day before.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I tried to go then, but they wouldn't hear of it; perhaps my presence made them feel more satisfactorily alone.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)