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satisfactorily, adv.|sætɪsˈfæktərɪlɪ| [f. satisfactory a. + -ly2.] In a satisfactory manner.
1587in W. M. Williams Ann. Founders' Co. (1867) 68 He was bothe oulde and partly blind, and..lacked knowledge to do them satisfactorilye. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxi. 157 Bellonius hath beene more satisfactorily experimentall. 1748Hartley Observ. Man ii. ii. 105 We cannot yet, perhaps never shall, interpret it satisfactorily. 1791Gentl. Mag. 33/1 Dr. Farmer had most satisfactorily proved that Shakspeare was not versed in Greek or Latin. 1839James Louis XIV, III. 138 He was denied the opportunity..of explaining satisfactorily the facts which tended to criminate him. 1869H. Ainsworth Hilary St. Ives ii. vii, All seemed going on as smoothly and satisfactorily as those interested..could desire. |