| ADJECTIVE | all | middling, average, fair, mediocre | lacking exceptional quality or ability |
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| NOUN | artifact | middling | any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran) |
| ADVERB | all | middling, reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, passably | to a moderately sufficient extent or degree |
| Sounds | mih'dahlihng; mih'dlihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Lacking exceptional quality or ability. | |
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| Example | "the performance was middling at best" | |
| Synonyms | average, fair, mediocre | |
| Broader | ordinary | not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree |
| Spanish | corriente, justo, mediano, mediocre, ordinario, regular | |
| Catalan | corrent, mediocre, ordinari, regular | |
| Meaning | Any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran). | |
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| Broader | commodity, trade good, good | articles of commerce |
| Meaning | To a moderately sufficient extent or degree. | |
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| Synonyms | reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, passably | |
| Opposite | unreasonably, immoderately | To a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation |
| Spanish | bastante, moderadamente | |
| Catalan | extremadament, força | |
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