middling
adjective
[ ˈmɪd(ə)lɪŋ ]
• moderate or average in size, amount, or rank.
• "people on middling incomes"
Similar:
average,
standard,
normal,
middle-of-the-road,
in-between,
medium,
moderate,
ordinary,
common,
commonplace,
everyday,
workaday,
tolerable,
passable,
adequate,
run-of-the-mill,
fair,
indifferent,
mediocre,
pedestrian,
prosaic,
uninspired,
undistinguished,
unexceptional,
unexciting,
unremarkable,
lacklustre,
forgettable,
inferior,
second-rate,
amateur,
amateurish,
OK,
so-so,
bog-standard,
fair-to-middling,
(plain) vanilla,
nothing to write home about,
no great shakes,
not so hot,
not up to much,
half-pie,
middling
noun
• bulk goods of medium grade, especially flour of medium fineness.
middling
adverb
• fairly or moderately.
• "middling rich"
Origin:
late Middle English (originally Scots): probably from mid- + the adverbial suffix -ling .
middle
verb
• (in cricket, tennis, etc.) strike (the ball) with the middle of the bat, racket, or club.
• "every shot he took on, he middled"
Origin:
Old English middel, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch middel and German Mittel, also to mid1.
