kinda
adverb
not standarduk/ˈkaɪ.ndə/us/ˈkaɪ.ndə/used in writing torepresentaninformalway of saying "kindof":
(书面呈现口头‘kind of’的说法)有点儿,有几分I was kindasorrytoseehim go.看到他走了我有点难过。
Synonym
sortanot standardshort form
Uncertainty
- amorphous
- arguable
- be neither fish nor fowlidiom
- blurred
- blurry
- circumstantial
- conflicted
- dodgy
- indeterminate
- insecurely
- insecurity
- it remains to be seenidiom
- it's early daysidiom
- spec
- sputter
- squishy
- stutter
- swither
- tentative
- unwritten
Grammar
Kind ofandsort of
Kind of and sort of are very common expressions in speaking. They soften other words and phrases so that they do not appear too direct or exact. Kind of is more common in American English. Sort of is more common in British English:…