middling


middling (http://definr.com/middling)

     adj : of no 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]
     n : any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially
         when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with
         bran)
     adv : to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are
           priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with
           computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason"
           [syn: reasonably, moderately, within reason, somewhat,
            fairly, passably] [ant: unreasonably, unreasonably]