middling
adv. sufficiently, intermediately, in a mediocre manner, in an average manner adj. medium in size or quality, mediocre, second rate, inferior | ||||
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Middling Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Middling
(a.)
Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary.
(a.)
Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary.
| WordNet 2.0 |
middling
Noun
1. any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
(hypernym) commodity, trade goods, goods
Adjective
1. of no 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"
(synonym) average, fair, mediocre
(similar) ordinary
Adverb
1. to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason"
(synonym) reasonably, moderately, within reason, somewhat, fairly, passably
Noun
1. any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
(hypernym) commodity, trade goods, goods
Adjective
1. of no 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"
(synonym) average, fair, mediocre
(similar) ordinary
Adverb
1. to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason"
(synonym) reasonably, moderately, within reason, somewhat, fairly, passably
middle
Noun
1. an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
(synonym) center, centre, heart, eye
(hypernym) area, country
(hyponym) center stage, centre stage
2. an intermediate part or section; "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle
(antonym) end
(hypernym) part, section, division
3. the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"
(synonym) midriff, midsection
(hypernym) area, region
(part-holonym) torso, trunk, body
4. time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period; "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April"
(antonym) end, ending
(hypernym) point, point in time
(hyponym) deep
Verb
1. put in the middle
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Adjective
1. being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series; "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line"
(synonym) in-between, mediate
(similar) intermediate
2. equally distant from the extremes
(synonym) center(a), halfway, middle(a), midway
(similar) central
3. of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages; "Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500"; "Middle Gaelic"
(antonym) late
(classification) linguistics
4. between an earlier and a later period of time; "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties"
(antonym) late
(similar) intervening
(attribute) timing
| hEnglish - advanced version |
middling
middling
\mid"dling\ (?), a. of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary. "a town of but middling size." plainly furnished, as beseemed the middling circumstances of its inhabitants. -- mid"dling*ly , adv. -- mid"dling*ness , n.
middling
adj : of no 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" [syn: average, fair, mediocre]
n : any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran) adv : to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason" [syn: reasonably, moderately, within reason, somewhat, fairly, passably]
[ant: unreasonably, unreasonably]
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fair to middling
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middling
\mid"dling\ (?), a. of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary. "a town of but middling size." plainly furnished, as beseemed the middling circumstances of its inhabitants. -- mid"dling*ly , adv. -- mid"dling*ness , n.
middling
adj : of no 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" [syn: average, fair, mediocre]
n : any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran) adv : to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason" [syn: reasonably, moderately, within reason, somewhat, fairly, passably]
[ant: unreasonably, unreasonably]
similar words(2)
fair to middling
from fair to middling
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Canolaidd
Canolaidd = a. middling; central
Canolaidd = a. middling; central
Canolig
Canolig = a. middling, ordinary
Cryn
Cryn = n. a shake, a quake, a. shaking, quaking; middling
Symol
Symol = a. integral; middling
Middling Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| gambling |
Middling
Betting on both teams in a game at different point spreads, in the hope that the final score comes in between so that both bets can be won.
Betting on both teams in a game at different point spreads, in the hope that the final score comes in between so that both bets can be won.