Also spelled middlin and midling

US /ˈmɪdlɪŋ/ UK /ˈmɪdlɪŋ/
adj adv

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    of medium quality, size, or rank; mediocre

    The harvest was middling, neither good nor bad.

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Synonyms
1 adj · of medium quality, size, or... mediocreaveragemoderateordinaryfairpassableindifferent
Word family
Related forms middlemid

Etymology

From middle (from Old English middel) + -ing; originally Scots and northern English, applied to goods of a middle grade.

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