middling

adj.

1. Of medium size, position, or quality.
2. Mediocre. See synonyms at average.

n.

1. Chiefly Southern U.S.
   1. Pork or bacon cut from between the ham and shoulder of a pig. Often used in the plural.
   2. Salt pork. Also called middling meat.
2. middlings Any of various products, such as partially refined petroleum or ore, that are intermediate in quality, size, price, or grade.
3. middlings (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Coarsely ground wheat mixed with bran.

adv. Informal
Fairly; moderately: "a middling nice cake" (Hatfield MA Valley Advocate).

[Probably Middle English midlin : mid, mid; see mid¹ + -ling, having a quality; see -ling¹.]

middlingly mid'dling·ly adv.

adj

Definition: adequate, OK
Antonyms: exceptional, extraordinary

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A by-product of the milling industry used as a protein supplement in diets for ruminants and pigs. A finer grade of offal than bran and it approximates pollard or shorts. The nomenclature is poorly defined.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)

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The adjective middling has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of no exceptional quality or ability
  Synonyms: average, fair, mediocre

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The adverb middling has one meaning:

Meaning #1: to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
  Synonyms: reasonably, moderately, within reason, somewhat, fairly, passably

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - mellemgod, jævn, middelmådig
n. - varer af mellemkvalitet
adv. - temmelig

idioms:

• fair to middling    nogenlunde

Nederlands (Dutch)
middelmatig, gemiddeld, redelijk, iets van gemiddelde grootte/ kwaliteit etc., graanfodder

Français (French)
adj. - moyen
n. - moyen
adv. - moyen, moyennement

idioms:

• fair to middling    pas trop mal

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mittelmäßig, von mittlerer Güte
adv. - leidlich
n. - Mittelsorte, (Tech.) Zwischenprodukt

idioms:

• fair to middling    gut bis mittelmässig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μέτριος, υποφερτός, έτσι κι έτσι
adv. - μέτρια

idioms:

• fair to middling    έτσι κι έτσι, μέτρια

Italiano (Italian)
mediocre, medio

idioms:

• fair to middling    così così

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - médio
adv. - na média

idioms:

• fair to middling    nem bem nem mal

Русский (Russian)
средний, сносный, второсортный, средне

idioms:

• fair to middling    так себе

Español (Spanish)
adj. - mediano, regular
n. - acemite, agujas
adv. - medianamente, regularmente

idioms:

• fair to middling    así así

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - medelgod, medelmåttig, någorlunda (bra)
adv. - tämligen

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
中等的, 平凡的, 普通的, 中级品, 二级品, 中等, 相当地

idioms:

• fair to middling    过得去, 还好, 马马虎虎

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 中等的, 平凡的, 普通的
n. - 中級品, 二級品
adv. - 中等, 相當地

idioms:

• fair to middling    過得去, 還好, 馬馬虎虎

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 일반적인, 건강한
n. - 2등 품
adv. - 중간의 질로

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 中間の, 二流の, 中位の
n. - 中等品, 二級品, ミドリング

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) وسط (ظرف) جيد نسبيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮סוג ב', בינוני, טובה למדי (בריאות)‬
n. - ‮סחורות סוג ב' או ג', בעיקר קמח דק במידה בינונית‬
adv. - ‮במידה בינונית‬

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