kind of

[kind of] or [sort of] {adv. phr.}, {informal} Almost but not quite; rather.

* /A guinea pig looks kind of like a rabbit, but it has short ears./

* /Bob was kind of tired when he finished the job./

* /The teacher sort of frowned but then smiled./

* /Mary wouldn't tell what she wanted to be when she grew up; it was sort of a secret./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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