1
: of middle, medium, or moderate size, degree, or quality
2
3
: of, relating to, or being a middle class
middling
adverb
1
: any of various commodities of intermediate size, quality, or position
2
middlings plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: a granular product of grain milling
especially
: a wheat milling by-product used in animal feeds
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Adjective
tired of the city but not particularly interested in small-town life, he moved to a suburb of middling size
was disappointed in the renowned historian's latest book, which is only middling
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Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Popular on Variety As for adult viewers, they may be engrossed during the sporadic stretches of middling suspense, and impressed by the striking cinematography of Idan Menin, which greatly enhances the movie’s overall impact.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2022
Somewhere middling in the postmatch emotional spectrum was Victor Marks-Jenkins (157).
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2024
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Adjective
His ruminations on the nature of reality are those of a bright high-schooler or a middling stoner.
—Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Popular on Variety As for adult viewers, they may be engrossed during the sporadic stretches of middling suspense, and impressed by the striking cinematography of Idan Menin, which greatly enhances the movie’s overall impact.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
Inevitably, many middling and smaller powers will straddle divides and seek to balance their ties to greater powers.
—Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2022
Somewhere middling in the postmatch emotional spectrum was Victor Marks-Jenkins (157).
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2024
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“Middling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middling. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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middling
1 of 2 adjective
mid·dling
ˈmid-liŋ 
-lən
: of medium size, degree, or quality
middling
adverb
middling
2 of 2 noun1
: any of various products of medium quality or size
2
plural
: a product produced by milling grain
especially
: a product of wheat milling that is used in animal feeds
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