definition of
[middling]

[1] #1 middling n. any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran). wn

[2] #2 middling r. [reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, passably] 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". wn