Associations to the word «Middling»
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".
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.