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Meanings of satisfactory explanation in English

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Usage of satisfactory explanation in English
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Luck is never a satisfactory explanation but it does help explain things.
The Guardian
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The actual facts, however, admit of a simpler and more satisfactory explanation.
The Anti-Slavery Crusade: A Chronicle of the Gathering Storm
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The owner of the launch had a most satisfactory explanation to offer.
Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis / Two Plebe Midshipmen at ...
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No intelligible and satisfactory explanation of this has ever been put forward.
Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918
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No one could give any satisfactory explanation, although the facts were undoubted.
The Whence and the Whither of Man / A Brief History of His Origi...
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Rashi avows his ignorance, and declares he cannot give a satisfactory explanation.
Rashi
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No satisfactory explanation has ever been given of Sackville's conduct at Minden.
With Frederick the Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War
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To-day's prankish sport may put us to trouble for a satisfactory explanation.
Visionaries
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A satisfactory explanation of this confederacy can be found in similar Indian confederacies.
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines
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On this hypothesis the dinner in question is susceptible of a satisfactory explanation.
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines
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Nor is this general acquiescence and silence without a satisfactory explanation.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volu...
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Benjulia bent his head, as if in acknowledgment of a highly satisfactory explanation.
Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time
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And the philosophers have not yet arrived at a much more satisfactory explanation.
Our Friend John Burroughs
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Desmond stopped in confusion, at a loss for a satisfactory explanation.
In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
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They are either explained, or the want of a fully satisfactory explanation admitted.
Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman
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It was not a very satisfactory explanation, but Herne accepted it.
Rosa Mundi and Other Stories
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