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middling

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Middling  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  middling 
  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"  [syn:  {average},  {fair},  {mediocre}] 
  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" 
  [syn:  {reasonably},  {moderately},  {within  reason},  {somewhat}, 
  {fairly},  {passably}]  [ant:  {unreasonably},  {unreasonably}]




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