middlingly
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- adverb
- /ˈmɪd.lɪŋ.li/
- Archaic
- While here I am, middle-aged, middle-class, and middlingly successful.
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Examples
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I am the kind of person who can do many things at once, most of them rather middlingly.
Fiction book (1998) -
The film was received middlingly by critics, with some praising its visuals while others found the plot bland.
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He performed in the talent show, but mostly he did so middlingly, not standing out among the other contestants.
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Her cooking skills are middlingly impressive; she can make a few good dishes but nothing extraordinary.
Synonyms
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2.0
To a small degree
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1.0
To some degree but not very much
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2.2
To a fair degree but not very much
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2.7
To a small, gentle degree
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2.8
To some degree but not very much
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4.9
Good enough but not very good
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4.6
Good enough to do the job but not very good
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3.0
In a normal way, not very good or very bad
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4.9
In an average way, not very good or very bad
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5.6
To a medium level between two extremes
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Etymology
Middlingly comes from middle meaning 'centre' and the small ending -ling meaning 'somewhat', with -ly added to make an adverb. So middlingly means doing something to a 'middle' degree — not too much and not too little.