'Middling' definitions:

Definition of 'middling'

From: WordNet
adverb
To a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers" [syn: reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably] [ant: immoderately, unreasonably]
adjective
Lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best" [syn: average, fair, mediocre, middling]
noun
Any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)

Definition of 'Middling'

From: GCIDE
  • Middling \Mid"dling\, a. Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary. "A town of but middling size." --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
  • Plainly furnished, as beseemed the middling circumstances of its inhabitants. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] -- {Mid"dling*ly}, adv. -- {Mid"dling*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]