middling
1middling — middling, middlingly Middling has been used as an adjective in various senses since the 15c, but is now more commonly found as an adverb, a use attested from the 18c. In this role it competes with middlingly, which is recorded from the same date… …
2Middling — 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. [1913 Webster] Plainly furnished, as beseemed the middling circumstances of …
3Middling — Middling. См. Промежуточный продукт. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …
4middling — index average (midmost), fair (satisfactory), imperfect, marginal, mediocre, nondescript, ordinary …
5middling — (adj.) 1540s, from Scottish mydlyn (mid 15c.), from MIDDLE (Cf. middle) + suffix ing. Used to designate the second of three grades of goods. As an adverb by 1719 …
6middling — *medium, mediocre, second rate, moderate, average, fair, indifferent …
7middling — [adj] adequate, okay all right, average, common, conventional, decent, fair, fairish, good, indifferent, intermediate, mean, mediocre, medium, moderate, modest, okay, ordinary, passable, run of the mill*, so so*, tolerable, traditional,… …
8middling — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ moderate or average. ► ADVERB informal ▪ fairly or moderately …
9middling — [mid′liŋ] adj. [ MID1 + LING1] of middle size, quality, grade, etc.; medium; ordinary; mediocre adv. Informal fairly; moderately; somewhat n. ☆ 1. pork or bacon from between the ham and the shoulder 2. [pl.] products of medium quality, grade,… …
10middling — middlingly, adv. /mid ling/, adj. 1. medium, moderate, oraverage in size, quantity, or quality: The returns on such a large investment may be only middling. 2. mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; pedestrian: The restaurant s entrées are no better… …
