middling
adjective · adverb · nounB1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Of intermediate or average size, position, or quality; mediocre.
The football team is never the worst or best in its league; its position is always middling.
Đồng nghĩa: average, medium, unexceptional, average, comme ci comme ça, crappy, decent, indifferent, lackluster, meh, mediocre, mid, middling, no great shakes, nothing to write home about, not worth writing home about, okayish, ordinary, pedestrian, unexceptional, uninspiring, shitty, so-so, tolerable, whatever
- 2.
(British, colloquial, regional)(colloquial, regional British) In fairly good health.
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(British, colloquial, regional)(colloquial, regional British) Fairly, moderately, somewhat.
Iwami, otherwise Sekisju, is two days journey long, going from ſouth to north, a middling good country, producing plenty of cannib, and affording ſome ſalt.
- 2.
(British, colloquial, regional)(colloquial, regional British) Not too badly, with modest success.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
Something of intermediate or average size, position, or quality.
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Nguồn gốc từ
The noun is probably from middle + -ing; the adjective is most likely derived from the noun, and the adverb from the adjective.