Phrase guide
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adj
Only tolerably good; somewhat favorable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable
Qualifier: usually hyphenated when placed before noun
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: adequate, OK, tolerable
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
about average; acceptable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: adequate, passable, tolerable
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the practice of classifying agricultural commodities as fair or middling. The earliest attested instance of these descriptions being combined into the phrase fair to middling was in a British publication of 1822 but the first instance of this usage being generalised is from an American publication of 1837
