middling
Something of intermediate or average size, position, or qualitySomething of intermediate or average size, position, or quality.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
2 sensesSomething of intermediate or average size, position, or quality.
Something of intermediate or average size, position, or quality.
(in the plural)Preceded by the: people of moderate means; members of the middle class.
- any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
Origin
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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