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Middling

Middling Definition And Meaning
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"dlingly}, adv. -- {Mid"dlingness}, n.

Middling Definition And Meaning

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"

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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