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Antonyms for middling

Grammar : Adj
Spell : mid-ling
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪd lɪŋ


Definition of middling

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Scottish mydlyn (mid-15c.), from middle + suffix -ing. Used to designate the second of three grades of goods. As an adverb by 1719.
  • adj adequate, okay
Example sentences :
  • I was middling small, with a square jaw, snub nose and sandy hair.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • The cod, fished for on this coast, is of the middling sort, and very delicate.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • Round the dough into balls, the size of a middling apple; throw them into boiling water, and let them boil twenty minutes.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • This fruit may be kept for several months, if gathered of a middling size at midsummer, and treated in the following manner.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • What girl is ever more than middling the week before she's married?
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Middling fair ewer, good quarter, five calves—is it five, Csar?
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • After dark, you say—that's middling tidy to begin with, eh, mate—eh?
  • Extract from : « Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon » by Hall Caine
  • The English middling classes like to pretend that there are no episodes.
  • Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
  • "There are a good many of them middling bad this morning, sir," he said in a calm tone.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
  • The convicts are divided into three categories: good, middling, and bad.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero

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