middlesome

comparative more middlesome · superlative most middlesome

1. rareCharacterised or marked by moderation; tending toward the middle; intermediate; middling; average

   Meddlesome and / I'll say middlesome; all right middling / people / You / and me / Dost You Care?

   2006, Richard Rampello, Acts of Novelty Are Unburdened Truths

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   The Necessity of having one to assist him in measuring his Lines with the Chain, as oft as he would practise his Skill, or get more; and the exposing of his Unreadiness to the View of middlesome People, while he is yet raw and unexperienc'd, as every one must needs be at first: Both which may in a good measure be avoided by this easy Knack.

   1711, The Country, Survey, Book

   Frequent and middlesome interference by the politician with details of day-today administration will not only hamper smooth working of government but also shake the morale of the Civil Servants. A.D. Gorwala in his Report on Public Administration in India refers to the following instance.

   2000, R. D. Sharma, Administrative systems of developing societies

   Angelo has high HP, but middlesome defences, so it won't be too long before he gets his just desserts.

   2016, Bravely Second: End Layer - Strategy Guide

comparative more middlesome · superlative most middlesome

1. rareIn a middlesome manner; moderately

   '[...] Don't drink too little and don't drink too much – drink middlesome.'

   2015, Nikolay Leskov, The Steel Flea