middling

Etymology
The noun is probably from ; the adjective is most likely derived from the noun, and the adverb from the adjective.

Adjective

 * 1) Of intermediate or average size, position, or quality; mediocre.
 * 2)  In fairly good health.
 * 1)  In fairly good health.
 * 1)  In fairly good health.
 * 1)  In fairly good health.
 * 1)  In fairly good health.
 * 1)  In fairly good health.
 * 1)  In fairly good health.
 * 1)  In fairly good health.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Galician:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Latin:
 * Scottish Gaelic: meadhanach, cuibheasach

Adverb

 * 1)  Fairly, moderately, somewhat.
 * 2) * 1811, Engelbert Kempfer [i.e., ]; J[ohann] G[aspar] Scheuchzer, transl., “The Division and Sub-division of the Empire of Japan into Its Several Provinces; as also of Its Revenue and Government”, in The History of Japan; republished in, editor, A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World; Many of which are Now First Translated into English. Digested on a New Plan, volume VII, London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row; and Cadell and Davies, in the Strand, , page 665:
 * Iwami, otherwise Sekisju, is two days journey long, going from ſouth to north, a middling good country, producing plenty of cannib, and affording ſome ſalt.
 * 1)  Not too badly, with modest success.
 * 1)  Not too badly, with modest success.

Noun

 * 1) Something of intermediate or average size, position, or quality.
 * 2)  Preceded by the: people of moderate means; members of the middle class.
 * 1)  Preceded by the: people of moderate means; members of the middle class.