middling
Something of intermediate or average size, position, or qualitySomething of intermediate or average size, position, or quality.
» The movie was just middling, not great or terrible.
Фильм был средненький, не супер, но и не ужасный.
Значение
значений: 2Something of intermediate or average size, position, or quality.
any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
Something of intermediate or average size, position, or quality.
(во множественном числе)Preceded by the: people of moderate means; members of the middle class.
Примеры
предложений: 3The movie was just middling, not great or terrible.
Фильм был средненький, не супер, но и не ужасный.
She's a middling student, neither excelling nor failing.
Voters of the middling sort don't see it that way.
Происхождение
The noun is probably from middle (noun) + -ing; the adjective is most likely derived fromThe noun is probably from middle (noun) + -ing; the adjective is most likely derived from the noun, and the adverb from the adjective.
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