sorta

[ sawr-tuh ]

adverb

, Informal.

1. sort of; somewhat:

   I'm sorta nervous about asking for a date.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sorta¹

A phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of sort of in continuous rapid speech

Example Sentences

I’m the same guy I was then, but kinda, sorta not the same guy.

From Washington Post

It’s a needed reality check for a book that, despite its throwback vibe, benefits from some serendipitous timing, with so many people thinking about their “Big Picture” right now and launching into their sorta-post-pandemic lives.

From Washington Post

Taken by “the magic in the chemistry between Gabe and Uzoma,” Decrem says he “sorta fell in love with the project right away because it was so specific.”

From Ozy

The top four teams in the East sorta beat up on each other all season, so it still feels like a tossup.

From FiveThirtyEight

Joy Behar issued a kinda-sorta apology after repeatedly misgendering celebrity activist Caitlyn Jenner during Friday’s broadcast of The View, claiming she simply hadn’t slept enough.

From The Daily Beast

Koenig proceeds to deliver her deeply conflicted, sorta-kinda support for Adnan.

From The Daily Beast

On August 17, just a few weeks before the fall campaign iced off, he had to go on national TV to offer a mea kinda sorta culpa.

From The Daily Beast

Oddly, an ad that threatens other people to stop drinking milk lest their kid end up like my kid just sorta rubs me the wrong way.

From The Daily Beast

And if the guy is not Prince Harry but someone who kinda-sorta looks like him, then what the hell is actually going on here?

From The Daily Beast

He was injured—kinda, sorta, barely—and he brushed it aside.

From The Daily Beast

"Well, it is sorta personal and rather abrupt," agreed the midget in an appeasing tone.

From Project Gutenberg

If Archie got the express company's money—en hit sorta looks like he did—he was smart enough to 'duck out' with hit.

From Project Gutenberg

Even though you ain't done nothin', make you feel sorta faint like inside!

From Project Gutenberg

That means, the basic atoms of matter had been thrown out of kilter, sorta deranged.

From Project Gutenberg

Waal, by hang, one does sorta ferget his sassiety manners, usin em so little.

From Project Gutenberg