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middling
mid·dling M0283400 (mĭd′lĭng, -lĭn)adj.1. Of medium size, position, or quality.2. Mediocre. See Synonyms at average.n.1. Chiefly Southern US a. often middlings Pork or bacon cut from between the ham and shoulder of a pig.b. Salt pork. Also called middling meat.2. middlings Any of various products, such as partially refined petroleum or ore, that are intermediate in quality, size, price, or grade.3. middlings(used with a sing. or pl. verb) Coarsely ground wheat mixed with bran.adv. Informal Fairly; moderately: "a middling nice cake" (Hatfield MA Valley Advocate).
[Probably Middle English midlin : mid, mid; see mid1 + -ling, having a quality; see -ling1.]
mid′dling·ly adv.middling (ˈmɪdlɪŋ) adjmediocre in quality, size, etc; neither good nor bad, esp in health (often in the phrase fair to middling)advinformal moderately: middling well. [C15 (northern English and Scottish): from mid1 + -ling2] ˈmiddlingly advmid•dling (ˈmɪd lɪŋ)
adj. 1. medium, moderate, or average in size, quantity, or quality. 2. mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; pedestrian. 3. Older Use. in fairly good health. adv. 4. moderately; fairly. n. 5. middlings, a. any of various products or commodities of intermediate quality, grade, size, etc. b. coarser particles of ground wheat mingled with bran. [1425–75; late Middle English (Scots)] mid′dling•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | middling - any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce | | Adj. | 1. | middling - lacking 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"mediocre, average, fairordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine" | | Adv. | 1. | middling - to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"fairly, jolly, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat |
middlingadjective1. mediocre, all right, indifferent, so-so (informal), unremarkable, tolerable, run-of-the-mill, passable, serviceable, unexceptional, half-pie (N.Z. informal), O.K. or okay (informal) They enjoyed only middling success until 1963.2. moderate, medium, average, fair, ordinary, modest, adequate, bog-standard (Brit. & Irish slang) a man of middling heightTranslationsmiddle (ˈmidl) noun1. the central point or part. the middle of a circle. 中央，中心 中部，中间 2. the central area of the body; the waist. You're getting rather fat round your middle. 腰部 腰部 adjective equally distant from both ends. the middle seat in a row. 中間的 中间的ˈmiddling adjective average. He's neither tall nor short, but of middling height. 中等的 中等的middle age the years between youth and old age. She is well into middle age. 中年 中年ˌmiddle-ˈaged adjective 中年的 中年的Middle Ages (with the) the time between the end of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. 中世紀 中世纪Middle East (with the) Egypt and the countries of Asia west of Pakistan. 中東 中东ˈmiddleman (-mӕn) noun a dealer who buys goods from the person who makes or grows them, and sells them to shopkeepers or to the public; a wholesaler. You can save money by buying direct from the factory and cutting out the middleman. 經紀人，中間商，掮客 经纪人，中间人 be in the middle of (doing) something to be busily occupied doing something. Please excuse my appearance. I was in the middle of washing my hair. 正忙於 正忙于IdiomsSeefair to middlingmiddling
middling[′mid·liŋ] (mining engineering) An ore product intermediate in mineral content between a concentrate and a tailing. MedicalSeemiddlemiddling
Related to middling: fair to middling, ebbingSynonyms for middlingadj mediocreSynonyms- mediocre
- all right
- indifferent
- so-so
- unremarkable
- tolerable
- run-of-the-mill
- passable
- serviceable
- unexceptional
- half-pie
- O.K. or okay
adj moderateSynonyms- moderate
- medium
- average
- fair
- ordinary
- modest
- adequate
- bog-standard
Synonyms for middlingnoun any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)Related Wordsadj lacking exceptional quality or abilitySynonymsRelated Wordsadv to a moderately sufficient extent or degreeSynonyms- fairly
- jolly
- moderately
- passably
- pretty
- reasonably
- somewhat
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