- a novel of average merit.
 -  an orange of average size.
 -  average people.
 -  He averaged a C.
 -  he is about average in height.
 -  in fair health.
 -  intermediate capacity.
 -  it set the norm for American homes.
 -  medium bombers.
 -  of average height for his age.
 -  only a fair performance of the sonata.
 -  the average income in New England is below that of the nation.
 -  the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average.
 -  the mean annual rainfall.
 -  the median income for the year was $15,000.
 -  the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20.
 -  the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30.
 -  The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40.
 -  the ordinary (or common) man in the street.
 -  the performance was middling at best.
 -  the snowfall this month is below average.