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middling

[mid-ling]

adjective

  1. medium, moderate, or average 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 than middling.

  3. Older Use.Ìýin fairly good health.



adverb

  1. moderately; fairly.

noun

  1. middlings, any of various products or commodities of intermediate quality, grade, size, etc., as the coarser particles of ground wheat mingled with bran.

  2. Also called middling meat.ÌýChiefly Midland and Southern U.S.ÌýOften middlings salt pork or smoked side meat.

middling

/ ˈ³¾Éª»å±ôɪŋ /

adjective

  1. mediocre in quality, size, etc; neither good nor bad, esp in health (often in the phrase fair to middling )

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. informalÌýmoderately

    middling well

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • middlingly adverb
  • ˈ³¾¾±»å»å±ô¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â adverb
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of middling1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English (north) medlinge (present participle) “coming between, middleâ€; mid 1, -ling 2
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of middling1

C15 (northern English and Scottish): from mid 1 + -ling ²
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“This thing†is a franchise that hasn’t posted a winning record since 2018 and whose all-time leading passer is the middling Jay Cutler.

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The turbulent tenure of his predecessor, Jason Gill, had been marred by unrest in the clubhouse and middling results on the field.

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Clearly, tofu can be so much more than just a middling protein replacement.

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However, a source told BBC Sport that in those early years, George was a 'middling' player in his age group until around the age of 10.

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