We have no meanings for "very middling" in our records yet.
1 It was an extraordinary crop; and, everywhere else round about, the crops were very middling .
2 A squire in Seat-Sandal out of the old name would have a very middling kind of time, I think.
3 He cannot be selfish!- Icomprehendnot the meaning of this word-Clementinahas a very high fortune-Harriet but a very middling one.
4 By day's end that could look like a very middling total if England bat well, or imposing if Australia's bowlers do the business.
5 The previous model (with front-wheel drive) returned a very middling 18mpg in the city and 24mpg on the open road.
6 Very middling Catholics, but excellent citizens, they everywhere demand the freedom of their country.
7 "I am very middling , " replied the Lion, "but why do you stand without?
8 "Thank you, Mrs. Hankey, he is but middling, I'm sorry to say-very middling-verymiddling, indeed."
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