middling
middling
Definition
mid·dling (mid′liŋ)
adverb
Informal fairly; moderately; somewhat
noun
- ☆ pork or bacon from between the ham and the shoulder
- products of medium quality, grade, size, or price
- particles of coarsely ground grain, often mixed with bran and used as feed
middling
Synonyms
middling
modif.
mediocre, ordinary, average, fair-to-middling; see common 1, conventional 1, 3, traditional 2.moderately good, ordinary, average; see fair 2.
middling
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- sort: The idea that debt might result from moral failings features prominently in Margaret Hunt's study of ' the middling sort ' .
- rank: The distribution of funeral doles was becoming more common among the middling ranks of society in the sixteenth century.
- class: The rich and the aspiring middling classes of eighteenth century Britain were able to buy a larger choice of consumer goods than ever before.
- quality: The brown and middling qualities of West Indian sugar comprised fully three fourths of the entire import into the country.
- par: A variety of squeeze in a. Olson on a do with directv a middling par.
- one: Some agents valued much higher than others ( almost 8 % spread ), so went with one of the middling ones.
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