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1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. xi. f. 174 Being a prest he [sc. Christ] did with satisfactorily purging sinnes appease his father towarde vs.

1587 in W. M. Williams Ann. Founders' Co. (1867) 68 He was bothe oulde and partly blind, and..lacked knowledge to do them satisfactorilye.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxi. 157 Bellonius hath beene more satisfactorily experimentall. View more context for this quotation

1693 S. Nye Considerations Explic. Doctr. Trinity 21 Something that will honestly and satisfactorily answer to such Names and natural Notions of a Father, a Son, and a Spirit diverse from both.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. ii. 105 We cannot yet, perhaps never shall, interpret it satisfactorily.

1791 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 33/1 Dr. Farmer had most satisfactorily proved that Shakspeare was not versed in Greek or Latin.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV III. 138 He was denied the opportunity..of explaining satisfactorily the facts which tended to criminate him.

1869 W. H. Ainsworth Hilary St. Ives I. ii. vii. 236 All seemed going on as smoothly and satisfactorily as those interested..could desire.

1934 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining & Metall. Engineers 110 462 Roman has developed the application of the method to seismics very satisfactorily.

1970 Drugs of Choice 1970–1 xxxii. 511 All patients with Addison's disease now can be satisfactorily managed with oral therapy.

2017 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 5 Oct. He did not think the situation would ever be satisfactorily explained.