Associations to the word «Middling»
Noun
- Bran
- Stature
- Shopkeeper
- Beckett
- Gentry
- Artisan
- Wheat
- Spacer
- Peasantry
- Flour
- Tradesman
- Fair
- Labourer
- Ordinary
- Pint
- Slice
- Planter
- Mace
- Elite
- Pounder
- Boil
- Onion
- Hog
- Sort
- Class
- Rating
- Dweller
- Germ
- Pepper
- Review
- Butter
- Colonist
- Height
- Consensus
- Salt
- Corn
- Rank
- Ingredient
- Nobility
- Merchant
- Farmer
- Oz
- Intellect
- Professional
- Bacon
- Cotton
- Fortune
- Pound
- Critic
- Bread
- Average
- Peasant
- Upper
- Ill
- Success
- Clergy
- Feed
- Inside
- Grain
- Servant
- Particle
- Employer
- Rich
- Meal
- Middle
- Dream
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
MIDDLING, adjective. Of intermediate or average size, position, or quality; mediocre
MIDDLING, adjective. In fairly good health.
MIDDLING PLANTATION, noun. (US) A medium-sized plantation with about 20-49 slaves. Contrasted with small plantation or smallholding (19 or less slaves) and large plantation (50+ slaves).
Dictionary definition
MIDDLING, noun. Any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran).
MIDDLING, adverb. To a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers".
MIDDLING, adjective. Lacking exceptional quality or ability; "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".
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