Middling
Middling adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.
Quality
Quality adjective - Of the very best kind.
Usage example: an antiques dealer who handles nothing but quality pieces
Both words in one sentence
- Now, certainly, many of them are poor to middling in quality, and this is to be expected.
Source: One-Episode Wonder - It's pretty well agreed that there's no way a played-straight middling-quality Cliché Storm of a horror series would have sparked the same interest.
Source: Gag Dub -
Or have made at least one middling-quality movie or music video, ever.
Source: Rouge Angles of Satin
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