Definition of Middling

1. Noun. Any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran).

Generic synonyms: Commodity, Good, Trade Good

2. Adjective. Lacking exceptional quality or ability. "The performance was middling at best"
Exact synonyms: Average, Fair, Mediocre
Similar to: Ordinary
Derivative terms: Averageness, Averageness, Mediocrity

3. Adverb. To a moderately sufficient extent or degree. "He is fairly clever with computers"

Definition of Middling

1. a. Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary.

Definition of Middling

1. Adjective. Of intermediate or average size, position, or quality; mediocre ¹

2. Adjective. In fairly good health. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Middling

1. a cut of pork [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Middling

middleman
middlemen
middlemost
middleoftheroader
middleoftheroaders
middler
middlers
middles
middlescence
middleware
middlewares
middleweight
middleweights
middlewoman
middlewomen
middling (current term)
middling plantation
middlingly
middlings
middorsal
middst
middy
middy blouse
midecamycin 4''-acylase
midecamycin 4''-propionyltransferase
midengine
midengined
midest
midface
midfaces

Literary usage of Middling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"The middling is of a different character from the original ore and demands a different form ... With a separate middling-table department, this is possible. ..."

2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1868)
"Between 1806 and 1814 the lowest price at which middling Uplands were sold in England ... In September of that year middling Uplands had risen to 22 cents, ..."

3. Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on Cotton Exchanges by United States Bureau of Corporations, Herbert Knox Smith (1908)
"For convenience the total quantities of grades above middling in value and of those below middling in value, as well as of middling itself (including good ..."

4. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1865)
"An*, ft—< bales—Strict to Guild middling 66H,73S 18a4-5.\ Aug. ... 19—2 bides—middling Fair to Strict middling Fair ... hales—middling to middling Fair ..."

5. Agricultural Commerce: The Organization of American Commerce in Agricultural by Grover Gerhardt Huebner (1915)
"The basis of this, as of all other cotton classifications, was "middling" cotton, above which there were nine superior grades and below which there were 20 ..."

6. Agricultural Commerce: The Organization of American Commerce in Agricultural by Grover Gerhardt Huebner (1915)
"... was "middling" cotton, above which there were nine superior grades and below which there were 20 grades of inferior quality.1 All of these grades were ..."

7. Organised Produce Markets by John George Smith (1922)
"The American classification scheme starts from the standard that is regarded as representing a fair average of quality and is called " middling. ..."

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