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Also, sort of. Rather, somewhat, as in I'm kind of hungry, or The bird looked sort of like a sparrow. [Colloquial; c. 1800] This usage should not be confused with a kind of or a sort of, which are much older and refer to a borderline member of a given category (as in a kind of a shelter or a sort of a bluish color). Shakespeare had this usage in Two Gentlemen of Verona (3:1): “My master is a kind of a knave.” Also see of a kind.

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I think the doublets, the kind-of jacket things that we were wearing, were especially cool.
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A bizarre, kind-of-spellbinding video Bynes posted on her account yesterday is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Because they were thankful for his passion—his happy, eccentric, crazy-in-a-Breslov-kind-of-way style.
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Her kind-of-hula-dancing/kind-of-casting-a-spell hand choreography?
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No matter the miles, it remains the same sweet, awkward, love-your-kid-but-kind-of-want-to-kill-her trip it has always been.
The Great College Road Trip|Nick Summers|April 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Her story was well enough, but it hadn't much sand in it; kind of-well, academic, you know.
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The intensity of his face, which in all moods looked somehow kind-of-sorrowful to her, made Kern quite unhappy.
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And then there is not an existent set of any-kind-of-politics I could agree with if I tried—I, who am a sort of fossil republican!
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)|Frederic G. Kenyon
There is nothing to compare with the perfect free-and-easy, devil-may-care-kind-of-a-take-yourself way that every one has there.
Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2)|Charles Lever

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