Satisfactually
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 In a way that involves satisfaction or makes someone satisfied; satisfactorily, satisfiedly. nonstandard
"My Anſwer is, that tho' the true God cannot be worſhipped nor known to the Satisfaction of the Soul, under the higheſt reaſonable Ructitude or Sanctification, till the aforeſaid time is commenced; yet there is a new Heart provided, by which the true God is as clearly ſeen, and as ſatisfactually underſtood, and as truly worſhipped as he will be at the Reſtitution of all Things."
Example
More examples"My Anſwer is, that tho' the true God cannot be worſhipped nor known to the Satisfaction of the Soul, under the higheſt reaſonable Ructitude or Sanctification, till the aforeſaid time is commenced; yet there is a new Heart provided, by which the true God is as clearly ſeen, and as ſatisfactually underſtood, and as truly worſhipped as he will be at the Reſtitution of all Things."
Etymology
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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