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middlingly, adv.|ˈmɪdlɪŋlɪ| [f. middling a. + -ly2.] In a middling manner; fairly, indifferently, tolerably; also, not very well in health.
1755Johnson, Indifferently 3. Not well; tolerably; passably; middlingly. 1814Moore Mem. (1853) II. 44, I dare say I thought but middlingly of them while they existed. 1819J. Jebb Corr. (1834) II. 373 For the last two days I have felt but middlingly. 1891H. Johnston Kilmallie I. viii. 133 Even then she was but middlingly pleased. |