It is often advisable, however, after she has said "yes," to write a letter to her father instead of calling on him to ask for his permission to the match, as a personal interview is often apt to result unsatisfactorily.
"Perfect Behavior A Guide for Ladies and Gentlemen in all Social Crises"
Donald Ogden Stewart
That part of my cake has been eaten, and, in spite of some occasional headache, has been digested not altogether unsatisfactorily.
"Castle Richmond"
Anthony Trollope
Everything was done in haste and unsatisfactorily,-the army of General Chanzy was equipped with guns of fifteen different patterns.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright