Middling vs Jolly - What's the Difference?

Jolly

Middling

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • a happy party
  • a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
Definition as Noun
  • any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
Definition as Verb
  • be silly or tease one another
Definition as Verb
Definition as Adjective
  • full of or showing high-spirited merriment
Definition as Adjective
  • lacking exceptional quality or ability
Definition as Adverb
  • to certain extent or degree
Definition as Adverb
  • to certain extent or degree

Examples

  • "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"
  • "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"
  • "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
  • "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"
  • "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"

Parts of Speech

Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
Adjective, Adverb, Noun