middlingly

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• middlingly — middling, middlingly Middling has been used as an adjective in various senses since the 15c, but is now more commonly found as an adverb, a use attested from the 18c. In this role it competes with middlingly, which is recorded from the same date… …   Modern English usage

• middlingly — adverb : indifferently, tolerably I dare say I thought but middlingly of them Thomas Moore …   Useful english dictionary

• Middlingly — Middling Mid dling, a. Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary. A town of but middling size. Hallam. [1913 Webster] Plainly furnished, as beseemed the middling… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• middlingly — adverb see middling I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• middlingly — See middling. * * * …   Universalium

• middlingly — adverb In a middling manner; averagely, moderately …   Wiktionary

• middlingly — mɪdlweɪlɪ adv. in an average manner; sufficiently; moderately; in a mediocre manner …   English contemporary dictionary

• middlingly — mid·dling·ly …   English syllables

• middling — middlingly, adv. /mid ling/, adj. 1. medium, moderate, oraverage in size, quantity, or quality: The returns on such a large investment may be only middling. 2. mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; pedestrian: The restaurant s entrées are no better… …   Universalium

• middling — middling, middlingly Middling has been used as an adjective in various senses since the 15c, but is now more commonly found as an adverb, a use attested from the 18c. In this role it competes with middlingly, which is recorded from the same date… …   Modern English usage

• middling — I. adjective Date: 15th century 1. of middle, medium, or moderate size, degree, or quality 2. mediocre, second rate 3. of, relating to, or being a middle class • middling adverb • middlingly adverb II …   New Collegiate Dictionary