Satisfactory vs Exceeding - What's the difference?
satisfactory | exceeding |
Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient
(archaic) prodigious
(archaic) exceptional, extraordinary
(archaic) extreme
(archaic) Exceedingly.
*, II.7:
* 1905 , The Myths of Plato , page 442:
(archaic) The situation of being in excess.
* 1812 , Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command , page 198:
As adjectives the difference between satisfactory and exceeding
is that satisfactory is done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient while exceeding is (archaic) prodigious.As a verb exceeding is
.As an adverb exceeding is
(archaic) exceedingly.As a noun exceeding is
(archaic) the situation of being in excess.satisfactory
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The satisfactory results of the survey led to his promotion .
Derived terms
* satisfactorily * satisfaction * satisfied * unsatisfactoryexceeding
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)Adverb
(en adverb)- Those which write the life of Augustus Cæsar , note this in his military discipline, that he was exceeding liberall and lavish in his gifts to such as were of any desert.
Usage notes
* The adverbial usage was very common in the 17th and 18th centuries, but is now considered archaic.Noun
(en noun)- I have to say it appears to me in the first place, that the exceedings of expenditure beyond estimate appearing upon that account, do not give to the Grand Canal company the slightest legal right to any public money