kinda

[kahyn-duh]

adverb

Informal.

1. kind of; rather.

   The movie was kinda boring.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kinda¹

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

Example Sentences

Hollywood news site Deadline's Dominic Patten declared that Kimmel "more than met the moment Tuesday - like we kinda knew he would".

From BBC

Back in July, Kirk told Fox News he had "kinda laughed" on seeing the teaser for the episode.

From BBC

That sounds so simple that it makes you kinda mad, but then you just gotta push yourself that much more.

From Los Angeles Times

But Nashville being similar to where I’m from, which is Ithaca, where I worked as a carpenter, it reaffirmed that you can be a dirty carpenter, and that’s also kinda cool.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s kinda created a little bit of its own thing.”

From Los Angeles Times