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middle-sized Definition

middle-sized (-sīzd′)

adjective

of medium size

middle-sized Synonyms

middle-sized

modif.

fair-sized, mid-sized, moderate-sized, average, normal, ordinary, so-so, indifferent, in-between, fair to middling*; see also common 1.

middle-sized Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • man: I could not for the life of me see anything outstanding or extraordinary about this middle-sized, youthfully slender man in gray SS uniform.
  • company: R&D-intensive middle-sized companies are those with R&D over 4 per cent of sales.
  • town: This threat matters: these consumer services currently occupy about 20 % of High Street units in Britain's middle-sized towns.
  • church: Of the one third of remaining churches ( 36 percent ), 29 percent are " middle-sized churches " with 100 - 400 attenders.
  • city: Christine Skinner, of the University of York, interviewed 40 mothers living within two separate areas in a middle-sized English city.