middlingly
1middlingly — 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… …
2middlingly — adverb : indifferently, tolerably I dare say I thought but middlingly of them Thomas Moore …
3Middlingly — 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… …
4middlingly — adverb see middling I …
5middlingly — See middling. * * * …
6middlingly — adverb In a middling manner; averagely, moderately …
7middlingly — mɪdlweɪlɪ adv. in an average manner; sufficiently; moderately; in a mediocre manner …
8middlingly — mid·dling·ly …
9middling — 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… …
10middling — 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… …
