Idioms for average
on the/an average,
usually; typically: She can read 50 pages an hour, on the average.
Origin of average
1485–95; earlier
averay charge on goods shipped, orig. duty (< Middle French
avarie < Old Italian
avaria < Arabic
ʿawārīyah damaged merchandise), with
-age replacing
-ay
OTHER WORDS FROM average
Words nearby average
aventine,
aventurine,
avenue,
avenzoar,
aver,
average,
average adjuster,
average deviation,
average joe,
average revenue,
average speed
Example sentences from the Web for averagely
I am, so far as these are concerned, merely the man in the street, the averagely endowed and the ordinarily educated.
Memoirs of My Dead Life |George MooreThose two coming now consisted of two better than averagely dressed girls who would run somewhere in their early twenties.
Combat |Dallas McCord ReynoldsMore comfortable would be a role as an averagely anti-Russian tourist—not fanatically so, but averagely.
Combat |Dallas McCord ReynoldsI know that his putting was extraordinarily good—far better than an averagely good putter's daylight putting.
Fifty Years of Golf |Horace G. Hutchinson
British Dictionary definitions for averagely
average
/ (ˈævərɪdʒ, ˈævrɪdʒ) /
noun
adjective
verb
Derived forms of average
averagely, adverb averageness, nounWord Origin for average
C15
averay loss arising from damage to ships or cargoes (shared equitably among all concerned, hence the modern sense), from Old Italian
avaria, ultimately from Arabic
awār damage, blemish
Medical definitions for averagely
average
[ ăv′ər-ĭj, ăv′rĭj ]
n.
adj.
Of, relating to, or constituting an average.
Being intermediate between extremes, as on a scale.
v.
Scientific definitions for averagely
average
[ ăv′ər-ĭj ]
A number, especially the arithmetic mean, that is derived from and considered typical or representative of a set of numbers. Compare arithmetic mean median mode.