adequately vs satisfactorily

adequately

adv
  • In an adequate manner. 

  • Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily. 

  • Barely satisfactory or sufficient. 

satisfactorily

adv
  • In a satisfactory manner, in a manner adequate to requirements. 

How often have the words adequately and satisfactorily occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )