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kinda.

Kind of; somewhat.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adv/ˈkaɪndə/US/ˈkaɪnə/also
  1. Kind of; somewhat.

    colloquial · not-comparable
    I kinda hafta do this right now.
    That’s kinda funny.
Where this word comes from

Written form of a reduction (apocope) or pronunciation spelling of kind of.

intj/ˈkaɪndə/US/ˈkaɪnə/also
  1. Yes in some respects but no in other respects.

    "Are you afraid of a little bit of rain?" "Kinda, yeah."
Where this word comes from

Written form of a reduction (apocope) or pronunciation spelling of kind of.

noun/ˈkɪndə/
  1. A subspecies of baboon, Papio cynocephalus kindae, primarily found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly western Tanzania.

Where this word comes from

After the town of Kinda, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

contraction/ˈkaɪndə/US/ˈkaɪnə/also
  1. Contraction of kind + of.

    abbreviation · alt-of · colloquial · contraction
Where this word comes from

Written form of a reduction (apocope) or pronunciation spelling of kind of.

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