transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmɪdlɪŋ ]
adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 a moderately good (esp. fair to middling). b colloq. (of a person's health) fairly well. c second-rate. 2 (of goods) of the second of three grades. --n. (in pl.) middling goods, esp. flour of medium fineness. --adv. fairly or moderately (middling good). øømiddlingly adv. [ME, of Sc. orig.: prob. f. MID(1) + -LING(2)]