Literary notes about satisfied (AI summary)
In literature, "satisfied" conveys a range of nuances from personal contentment to evidence of fulfillment of a need or expectation. Authors use it to mark the moment when a character attains a sense of completion or assurance—as seen when a declaration of intent or emotional fulfillment is reached ([1], [2]). At times, the term underscores the absorption of a desired state, suggesting both the resolution of inner confusion and the settling of external matters ([3], [4]). Equally, it serves as an indicator of the logical end of an inquiry or process, confirming that one has received or achieved what was sought ([5], [6]).
- He declared that that satisfied him, and so—we were married.”
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - She answered: ‘I have just eaten, and am still satisfied,’ for she thought the angels were there.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm - And I believe that he will not be satisfied with rhetoric, but that there is in him a divine inspiration which will lead him to things higher still.
— from Phaedrus by Plato - Mr. Smythe’s sore place was healed, his hunger for revenge was satisfied.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain - The soundness of this inference, however, I doubted, until some facts became known to me which satisfied me that it was not incorrect.
— from Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey - Adj. believing &c. v.; certain, sure, assured, positive, cocksure, satisfied, confident, unhesitating, convinced, secure.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
