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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