satisfying

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Many do not realize that money plays a major role in determining how far you can go with your personal hobbies; what you call a satisfying pastime can be extremely expensive especially when stretched over long periods of time.

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  1. Giving or fitted to give satisfaction or gratification. You know Scriptur’ tells about bein’ filled with the east wind; but I never found it noways satisfyin’—it sets sort o’ cold on the stomach. H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 77. One quick spring, One great good satisfying gripe, and lo! There had he lain abolished with his lie. Browning, Ring and Book, I. 310.
  2. Fitted to dispel doubt and uncertainty; convincing; satisfactory. The standing evidences of the truth of the gospel are in themselves most firm, solid, and satisfying. Bp. Atterbury.

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  • Being able to perform a variety of functions for NATO in the Gulf is satisfying, the commander said.
  • This is not particularly satisfying, as it confuses the issue of Baltar as traitor. —  Brad Ideas - Comments
  • It's full-bodied, satisfying, and just a little bitter. —  More Hip Than Hippie Podcast
  • Gibbons: I think it could have been translated to film; I don't think it would have been as satisfying, as well done or as seamless as this production is. —  Paste Magazine
  • Even more satisfying were the sellouts they didn't expect, such as the Punch Brothers, the Infamous Stringdusters and the four-man Piano Showdown. —  California Chronicle
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satisfying:   satisfy ·  satisfied ·  satisfies
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