Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: average, fair, fairly, mediocre, moderately, ordinary, passably, reasonably, somewhat, within reason

Antonyms: immoderately, unreasonably

See Also: commodity, goods, trade goods

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