middling vs rightwise

middling

adv
  • Fairly, moderately, somewhat. 

  • Not too badly, with modest success. 

adj
  • In fairly good health. 

  • Of intermediate or average size, position, or quality; mediocre. 

noun
  • Something of intermediate or average size, position, or quality. 

  • Preceded by the: people of moderate means; members of the middle class. 

rightwise

adv
  • Rightly (correctly or justly); rightfully. 

  • By a rightward path; rightwards, rightwardly; clockwise (in a clockwise manner). 

adj
  • Rightward (to or from the right side); on the right side. 

  • Clockwise, moving clockwise. 

How often have the words middling and rightwise occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )