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midling

midling is the archaic form of middling.

Meaning of middling

Adjective

middling (comparative more middling, superlative most middling)

  1. Of intermediate or average size, position, or quality; mediocre.
    • The football team is never the worst or best in its league; its position is always middling.
  2. (UK, colloquial, regional) In fairly good health.
    • I am in a middling Way, between Healthy and Sick, hardly ever without a little Giddineſs or Deafneſs, and ſometimes both: So much for that.1728 September 18, [Jonathan] Swift, “[Letters on Several Occasions.] Letter XXIII. To the Same [Dr. Thomas Sheridan].”, in Miscellanies, 4th edition, volume XIII, London: Printed for R[obert]...

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Questions about midling

What is midling the archaic form of?
Midling is the archaic form of middling.

Words near midling in the dictionary

  1. midlights
  2. midline
  3. midline theorem
  4. midliners
  5. midlines
  6. midling
  7. midlings
  8. midlingual
  9. midlist
  10. midlittoral
  11. midlives

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