middling

middling
1. adjective
1) (second-rate) mittelmäßig
2) (moderately good)

[fair to] middling — ganz ordentlich (ugs.); [ganz] passabel

3) (coll.): (in fairly good health) mittelprächtig (ugs. scherzh.)
2. adverb
recht; (only moderately) ganz
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adjective (average: He's neither tall nor short, but of middling height.) mittler
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mid·dling
[ˈmɪdl̩ɪŋ]
adj inv (fam)
1. (average) mittlere(r, s); (moderate) gemäßigt
to be of \middling height/weight mittlerer Größe/mittleren Gewichts sein
2. (not very good) mittelmäßig
fair to \middling gut bis mittelmäßig
3. (persons health) einigermaßen
how are you? — oh, \middling wie geht es dir? — ach, so lala
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['mIdlɪŋ]
1. adj
mittelmäßig; (of size) mittlere(r, s)

how are you? – middling — wie geht es dir? – mittelprächtig (inf) or einigermaßen

what was the weather like? – middling — wie war das Wetter? – durchwachsen or so lala (inf)

2. adv
(inf: fairly)

middling rich — ziemlich reich

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middling [ˈmıdlıŋ]
A adj (adv middlingly)
1. von mittlerer Größe oder Güte oder Sorte, mittelmäßig (auch pej), Mittel…: how are you? fair to middling so lala umg;
middling quality Mittelqualität f
2. ziemlich groß
B adv umg leidlich, einigermaßen
C spl
1. WIRTSCH Ware f mittlerer Güte, Mittelsorte f
2. a) Mittelmehl n
b) (mit Kleie etc vermischtes) Futtermehl
3. METALL Zwischenprodukt n
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1. adjective
1) (second-rate) mittelmäßig
2) (moderately good)

[fair to] middling — ganz ordentlich (ugs.); [ganz] passabel

3) (coll.): (in fairly good health) mittelprächtig (ugs. scherzh.)
2. adverb
recht; (only moderately) ganz
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adj.
mittelmäßig adj.

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