Isn't "satisfied" an absolute? Either you are or you aren't (satisfied, I mean).

I don't think so, MG. As I pointed out in the above post you can have different levels of satisfaction you just can't exceed the highest level so satisfcation is not an absolute - it's a measure.

It's like saying someone is a little bit pregnant, or another someone is very dead, or that something is extremely unique.

Again, I think pregnancy has different stages (heavily pregnant etc.) therefore it can be a measure similarly you can be half-dead or near-death without being dead. they're not scientific measures but we all know what they mean when we read them.

On the other hand, unique is definitely an absolute.