middling

Meaning

Adj

1. Of intermediate or average size, position, or quality; mediocre.
2. (British, colloquial, regional) In fairly good health.

Adv

1. (British, colloquial, regional) Fairly, moderately, somewhat.
2. (British, colloquial, regional) Not too badly, with modest success.

Noun

1. Something of intermediate or average size, position, or quality.
2. (in-plural) Something of intermediate or average size, position, or quality.

Synonyms

mediocre

moderate

medium

average

middle

fair

moderately

fairly

fair to middling

meagerly

indifferent

intermediate

jolly

meagrely

ordinary

passably

pretty

reasonably

second-rate

somewhat

so-so

unremarkable

meagerly

meagrely

dominated

bush

neutral

nonpartisan

semis

passable

intermediate material

pedestrian

moderately large

prosaic

quality

quite

freak stock

run-of-the-mill

satisfactory

secondary

second class

middling product

size

medium rank

between product

temperate

tolerably

undistinguished

unexceptional

unexciting

Translations

mittelmäßig

moyen

mediano

regular

mediocre

médiocre

así así

mediocre

μέτριος

middelmatig

medíocre

ordinario

moyenne

mäßig

équitablement

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪdlɪŋ/

Etymology

The noun is probably from middle (noun) + -ing; the adjective is most likely derived from the noun, and the adverb from the adjective.