The difference between Medium and Mediumly

When used as adverbs, medium means to a medium extent, whereas mediumly means to a extent.


Medium is also noun with the meaning: the chemistry of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.

Medium is also adjective with the meaning: arithmetically average.

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  1. Medium as a noun (plural '''media''' or '''mediums'''):

    The chemistry of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.

  2. Medium as a noun (plural '''media''' or '''mediums'''):

    The materials or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass.

  3. Medium as a noun (plural '''media''' or '''mediums'''):

    A format for communicating or presenting information.

  4. Medium as a noun (plural '''media''' or '''mediums''', engineering):

    The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.

  5. Medium as a noun (plural '''media''' or '''mediums''', microbiology):

    A nutrient solution for the growth of cells in vitro.

  6. Medium as a noun (plural '''media''' or '''mediums'''):

    The means, channel, or agency by which an aim is achieved.

  7. Medium as a noun (plural '''mediums''' or '''media'''):

    A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.

  8. Medium as a noun (plural '''mediums''' or '''media''', painting):

    A tool used for painting or drawing.

    Examples:

    "Acrylics, oils, charcoal, and gouache are all mediums I used in my painting."

  9. Medium as a noun (plural '''mediums''', spiritualism):

    Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.

  10. Medium as a noun (plural '''mediums'''):

    Anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container.

  11. Medium as a noun (plural '''mediums'''):

    A person whom garments or apparel of intermediate size fit.

  12. Medium as a noun (plural '''mediums''', Ireland, dated, informal):

    A half-pint serving of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).

  13. Medium as a noun:

    A middle place or degree.

    Examples:

    "a happy medium"

  14. Medium as a noun (dated):

    An average; sometimes the mathematical mean.

  15. Medium as a noun (logic):

    The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.

  1. Medium as an adjective (obsolete):

    Arithmetically average.

  2. Medium as an adjective:

    Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.

  3. Medium as an adjective:

    Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.

  1. Medium as an adverb:

    to a medium extent

  1. Mediumly as an adverb:

    to a extent

    Examples:

    "This dish is mediumly good: not exceptional, but not bad."

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