middled
Hit the middle
Middled means placed in the middle or centered.
In cricket, to middle the ball is to strike it with the sweet spot of the bat: He middled it perfectly and sent it to the boundary.
The term appears in other sports for hitting something cleanly and centrally.
Middled can also describe being caught between competing forces or options: She felt middled between her parents' expectations.
Placed at midpoint
- centralIn the middle, primary
- coreCentral essential portion
- pivotPoint of rotation
- focalOf a central point
hub · midpoint · axis · heart · anchor · balanced · equidistant · median
At the midpoint
- transitionalConnecting two phases
- in-betweenOccupying middle position
- liminalAt a threshold
- midstreamCenter of flowing water
interlude · threshold · provisional · tentative · bridging · straddling · neither-nor · betwixt
Arithmetic mean or ordinary
- unremarkableNot worthy of comment
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- so-soIndifferently average quality
- fairImpartial and unbiased
passable · moderate · undistinguished · unexceptional · run-of-the-mill
centered
Placed at midpoint
focal · hub · midpoint · axis · heart · anchor · balanced · equidistant · median · bisected
halfway
At the midpoint
- transitionalConnecting two phases
- in-betweenOccupying middle position
- liminalAt a threshold
midstream · interlude · threshold · provisional · tentative · bridging · straddling · neither-nor · betwixt · suspended
average
Arithmetic mean or ordinary
- unremarkableNot worthy of comment
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- so-soIndifferently average quality
fair · passable · moderate · undistinguished · unexceptional · run-of-the-mill
- middle nameGiven but not primary
- in the middleAt the center point
- middle schoolGrades 6-8 institution
- middle ageLife's middle decades
- in the middle ofLocated centrally within
- middle of nowhereExtremely remote location
middle, middleman, middling, middles, middle-aged, middle-of-the-road, middlemen, middlebrow, middleweight