middling

(noun) any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran).

(verb) put in the middle. Synonyms: middle.

(adj) lacking exceptional quality or ability. Synonyms: average, fair, mediocre. Examples: "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."

(adv) to a moderately sufficient extent or degree. Synonyms: reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, passably. Examples: "Pretty big." "Pretty bad." "Jolly decent of him." "The shoes are priced reasonably." "He is fairly clever with computers."