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middling
adjective
adverb
noun
lacking exceptional quality or ability
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ˈmɪdlɪŋ
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adjective
lacking exceptional quality or ability
“a novel of average merit”
adverb
to certain extent or degree
“pretty big”
noun
any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
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a novel of average merit
only a fair performance of the sonata
in fair health
the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average
the performance was middling at best
pretty big
pretty bad
jolly decent of him
the shoes are priced reasonably
he is fairly clever with computers
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