Kinda

/ˈkaɪndə/ · adverb

Meaning

(colloquial) Kind of; somewhat..

Definitions by Sense

1. (colloquial) Kind of; somewhat.
2. (colloquial) Contraction of kind + of.
3. Yes in some respects but no in other respects.
4. A subspecies of baboon, Papio cynocephalus kindae, primarily found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly western Tanzania.

Example Sentences

I kinda hafta do this right now.

That’s kinda funny.

But when I spoke about it he just smiled and shook his head, and started whistling to himself kinda soft.

… He got on Forty-second Street, and he was kinda fresh from the start. At Sixty-sixth he came sasshaying^([sic]) right down the car and said ‘Hello, patootie!’ Well, I drew myself up …

In those days, flour sacks was kinda purty. They might come printed up with flowers on em, or birds.

The facial expression on my mask kinda looks like Han Solo in the carbonite …

It makes me feel better that I’m not the only one who fantasizes about being struck down by a meteor on my way to work. Mind you, I’m not actively suicidal at all. I just kinda think being dead without actually killing myself would be easier and way less exhausting.”

Carmiesha had never once busted him in a lie, and she never had no kinda drama with him and no other chick. She damn sure couldn't say that for Dre.

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• kinder
• kindsa
• kindas

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