Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Satisfactory \Sat`is*fac"to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. satisfactoire.]
   1. Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content;
      especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty,
      and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a
      satisfactory account or explanation.

   2. Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to
      cease from claims and to rest content; compensating;
      atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a
      satisfactory apology.

            A most wise and sufficient means of redemption and
            salvation, by the satisfactory and meritorious death
            and obedience of the incarnate Son of God, Jesus
            Christ.                               --Bp.
                                                  Sanderson.
      -- {Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ly}, adv. -- {Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness},
      n.

Source : WordNet®

satisfactory
     adj 1: giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his
            grades were satisfactory" [ant: {unsatisfactory}]
     2: meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat"
        [syn: {acceptable}]