Middling

"Middling," discontentedly, "Bluebell looks well in those cool, simple dresses; but you are never really pretty, Cecil, except in a grand velvet dress, and then you are splendid."

Bluebell A Novel Mrs. George Croft Huddleston

"Middling" is the commonest word in a Manxman's mouth.

The Little Manx Nation - 1891 Hall Caine 1892

"Middling," said Molly, taking the initiative as usual.

The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) Emily Sarah Holt 1864

"Middling," responded the captain, to whom a dead calm was not quite so agreeable as it was to his passengers.

The Channings Henry Wood 1850

"Middling," he answered respectfully, "but it smells so good and things looks so pretty, I don't mind.

While Caroline Was Growing Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon 1918

"Middling," said I; "the fact is, Dicky, you may as well know it, but

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

Rather than seeking to dictate taste to “the Middling Class of People,” the pair acknowledged that “Their character is established” and would only “buy quantitys” of products that they already knew they liked.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

Middling among the distinguished author's score of thrillers.

The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly: Book summary 2010

Middling or worse reviews for an author without a built-in audience mean that not only will librarians be more likely to give the book a miss, but its publisher will be less inclined to fork out more money for advertising and promotion.

Archive 2009-04-01 Roger Sutton 2009

Middling or worse reviews for an author without a built-in audience mean that not only will librarians be more likely to give the book a miss, but its publisher will be less inclined to fork out more money for advertising and promotion.

A conspiracy theory of reviewing Roger Sutton 2009