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kinda
adverb
Used
informally
to
mean
“
somewhat
”
or
“
rather
,”
showing
that
something
is
true
to
a
small
or
limited
degree
.
•
I
’
m
kinda
tired
,
but
I
can
keep
going
.
I
’
m
kinda
tired
,
but
I
can
keep
going
.
•
That
movie
was
kinda
scary
,
but
I
still
enjoyed
it
.
That
movie
was
kinda
scary
,
but
I
still
enjoyed
it
.
Informal
spoken
contraction
of
“
kind
of
,”
first
recorded
in
American
English
in
the
early
20th
century
.
noun
(
Informal
)
A
type
or
sort
of
something
.
•
What
kinda
music
do
you
like
listening
to
?
What
kinda
music
do
you
like
listening
to
?
•
This
is
the
kinda
weather
that
makes
me
want
to
stay
indoors
.
This
is
the
kinda
weather
that
makes
me
want
to
stay
indoors
.
Reduction
of
the
phrase
“
kind
of
”
through
fast
casual
speech
,
later
adopted
into
informal
writing
.
