middling

(noun, adjective, adverb)

adjective

1. lacking exceptional quality or ability

- the performance was middling at best

Similar word(s): ordinary, average, fair, mediocre

Sentences with middling as an adjective:

- The football team is never the worst or best in its league; its position is always middling.

adverb

1. to certain extent or degree

Similar word(s): fairly, jolly, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat

noun

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

Definition categories: man–made, commodity, good