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