kind of

See also: kindof

English

Alternative forms

• kinda

Etymology

From a reanalysis of kind of in a phrase such as a kind of merry dance from “a kind + of + merry dance” (a type among merry dances) to “a + kind-of merry + dance” (a somewhat merry dance).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

kind of (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic, colloquial) Slightly; somewhat; sort of.

   I'm getting kind of tired. Could we finish tomorrow?

   That's the right answer, kind of.

   • 2022, A. M. Arthur, His Fresh Start Cowboy:

     He kind of hated the idea of Hugo having been with someone else, even though that was superhypocritical, considering Brand's own previous arrangements with Ramie and Jackson.

Synonyms

• sort of, sorta
• kinda sorta

Translations

somewhat

• Bulgarian: малко (bg) (malko), един вид (edin vid)
• Catalan: una mica (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 相當／相当 (zh) (xiāngdāng)

• Dutch: ietwat (nl)
• Finnish: vähän (fi), jokseenkin (fi), tavallaan (fi)
• French: plus ou moins (fr), quelque peu (fr), à peu près (fr), en quelque sorte (fr), manière (fr) (Louisiana)
• Galician: mais ou menos, daquela maneira
• German: etwas (de), irgendwie (de)
• Greek: κάπως (el) (kápos), περίπου (el) (perípou)
• Hungarian: némileg (hu)
• Irish: cineál
• Italian: piuttosto (it), abbastanza (it)
• Lithuanian: panašiai
• Polish: jakiś (pl)
• Portuguese: meio (pt)
• Russian: своего́ ро́да (svojevó róda), ти́па (ru) (típa), вро́де (ru) (vróde)
• Scottish Gaelic: nàdar de
• Serbo-Croatian: nekako (sh), pomalo (sh), na neki način
• Spanish: algo (es), algo así, algo así como, más o menos (es)
• Swedish: ganska (sv)
• Ukrainian: щось на зразок (ščosʹ na zrazok)
• Welsh: ychydig (cy), braidd, yn rhyw fath

See also

• kinds of