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    MIDDLING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("middling" is a kind of...):

    commodity; good; trade good (articles of commerce)

     II. (adjective) 

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    Meaning:

    Lacking exceptional quality or abilityplay

    Example:

    the performance was middling at best

    Synonyms:

    average; fair; mediocre; middling

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    ordinary (not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree)

     III. (verb) 

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    -ing form of the verb middle

     IV. (adverb) 

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    Meaning:

    To certain extent or degreeplay

    Example:

    he is fairly clever with computers

    Synonyms:

    fairly; jolly; middling; moderately; passably; pretty; reasonably; somewhat

    Classified under:

    Adverbs

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