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• 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 — /ˈmɪdlɪŋ / (say midling) adjective 1. medium in size, quality, grade, rank, etc.; moderately large, good, etc. 2. Colloquial in fairly good health. 3. Colloquial mediocre; second rate. –adverb 4. Colloquial moderately; fairly. –noun 5. ( …  

• 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

• middling — mid•dling [[t]ˈmɪd lɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) medium, moderate, or average in size, quantity, or quality 2) cvb mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; pedestrian 3) sts Older Use. in fairly good health 4) moderately; fairly 5) middlings a) any of various… …   From formal English to slang

• Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

• United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …   Universalium

• Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …   Universalium

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

• Historic Brattonsville — is a 775 acre American Revolution living history site and is a member of the Culture Heritage Museums of York County, South Carolina. The Bratton Plantation was owned and lived on for three generations by the wealthy Bratton family; the… …   Wikipedia

• Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium

• mid´dling|ly — mid|dling «MIHD lihng», adjective, adverb, noun. –adj. 1. medium in size, quality, grade, or other characteristic; ordinary; average: »the abundant consumption of middling literature (Matthew Arnold). 2. mediocre; second rate. –adv. Informal or… …   Useful english dictionary