Etymology

satisfactually

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Today it means: In a way that involves satisfaction or makes someone satisfied; satisfactorily, satisfiedly. Full definition →

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Possibly from satisfactual + -ly, although satisfactual is attested significantly later and in different contexts. Alternatively, a nonstandard variant of satisfactorily, especially in non-native speakers' English.

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