— 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 than middling.
3. Older Use. in fairly good health.
adv.
4. moderately; fairly.
n.
5. middlings , any of various products or commodities of intermediate quality, grade, size, etc., as the coarser particles of ground wheat mingled with bran.
6. Often, middlings . Also called middling meat . Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. salt pork or smoked side meat.
[ 1375-1425; late ME (north). See MID 1 , -LING 2 ]