About The Word Middling
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Middling
Middling Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Middling?
[n] any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
[adv] to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason" [adj] of no exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best" Synonyms | Synonyms for Middling: average | fair | fairly | mediocre | moderately | ordinary | passably | reasonably | somewhat | within reason Related Terms | Find terms related to Middling: amidships | average | banal | betwixt and between | central | common | core | dull | equatorial | equidistant | fair | fair to middling | fairish | halfway | indifferent | inferior | insipid | interior | intermediary | intermediate | lackluster | mean | medial | median | mediocre | mediterranean | medium | mesial | mezzo | mid | middle | middlemost | middle-of-the-road | midland | midmost | midships | midway | moderate | modest | namby-pamby | normal | nuclear | of a kind | of a sort | of sorts | ordinary | passable | poor | respectable | routine | second-rate | so-so | standard | tedious | tolerable | usual | vapid | wishy-washy See Also | commodity | goods | trade goods Middling In Webster's Dictionary \Mid"dling\, a.
Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally
distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre;
ordinary. ``A town of but middling size.'' --Hallam.
Plainly furnished, as beseemed the middling
circumstances of its inhabitants. --Hawthorne.
-- {Mid"dling*ly}, adv. -- {Mid"dling*ness}, n.
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