medium-brow
Definitions
Of medium sophistication or intellectual level; lying between highbrow and lowbrow; middlebrow.
Examples
“This channel shows mostly medium-brow programmes.”
“Well, if that is medium-brow music, startled minds will no doubt⟳ be wondering what is left to be called low-brow.”
“Our correspondents are urged to cultivate a good medium-brow vocabulary, to conform to the taste⟳ of a medium-brow editor.”
“Yah. It's the first good medium-brow show⟳ they've had, and it's going to be a knockout.”
“The Gazette ceased to appear⟳ before the tourney closing date⟳, but the competing entries, of which there were four, appeared in the medium-brow literary journal Society.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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