Middling (8)

'middling' is the definition.
(I know that middling can be written as mediocre)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for mediocre that I've seen before include "Of unexceptional quality" , "Nothing special" , "Average (but poor)" , "Pedestrian, second-rate" , "Rather poor" .)
'middling' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for soso that I've seen before include "Indifferent" , "mediocre" .)
'middling' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for so-so that I've seen before include "Only moderately good in repetitive way" , "Rather middling" , "Of middling quality" , "Informally, only moderately good or well" , "just about adequate" .)