average
noun
a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean.
averageness
-
a word derived from
average.
Example Sentences
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Its perfect averageness makes it easy to dismiss, but it’s a painless, pleasant half-hour, with a smattering of genuine laughs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
The results were a little surprising in their averageness.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2022
The strange pleasure of Norris’s martial arts, Tex-Mex and James Braddock movies is how they seemed engineered to make the most of his averageness.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2020
On the phone, Nicol, 25, has a persuasive and clear-eyed sense of his own averageness.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2018
Maybe these are statistical blips, linked to the team’s erratic averageness and refusal to be particularly good at anything in particular.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2017
