посредственный

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Russian

Etymology

посре́дство (posrédstvo) +‎ -енный (-ennyj).

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Adjective

посре́дственный (posrédstvennyj)

  1. mediocre
  2. (obsolete) passable
    • 1846, Фёдор Достоевский , “Апреля 12.”, in Бедные люди; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Poor People, 1914:
      Во-пе́рвых, в до́ме у нас, на чи́стом вхо́де, ле́стницы весьма́ посре́дственные; особли́во пара́дная — чи́стая, све́тлая, широ́кая, всё чугу́н да кра́сное де́рево.
      Vo-pérvyx, v dóme u nas, na čístom vxóde, léstnicy vesʹmá posrédstvennyje; osoblívo parádnaja — čístaja, svétlaja, širókaja, vsjo čugún da krásnoje dérevo.
      To begin with, the staircases to the front entrance are very passable in our house; especially the main staircase—it is clean, light, wide, all cast-iron and mahogany.

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