Middling Definition
middling
adverb
- 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"
adjective
- 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"
noun
- any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
Words that rhyme with middling
Usage tips for "middling"
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