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kinda

[ kahyn-duh ]

/ ˈkaɪn də /

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adverb Pronunciation Spelling.

kind of; rather: The movie was kinda boring.

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Examples from the Web for kinda

I ended up developing a blister on one of my vocal cords, so that kinda sucked.
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My wife was talking to her on the phone, and I just kinda found the courage to ask her.
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I like the fact that they kinda let me do what I want to do.
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“I was kinda looking to Woody Allen when he really cast [Vicky Cristina Barcelona] well,” he says.
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And while it's kinda hard to say in less than a second, a screen shot leaves no doubt about it.
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"Kinda late in the game for any new ideas, Manning," growled Astro.
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Thereafter the power of Kinda sank, and they were gradually forced back to their original settlements in Ḥaḍramawt.
A Literary History of the Arabs|Reynold Nicholson
Dey wuz a kinda noise goin' on by de ba'n, but Lijah, he ain't got no likin' fo' to get up an' see wat's de mattah.
The Cat in Grandfather's House|Carl Henry Grabo
Poetry asked his kinda round-shaped mom, "Didn't I do my chores, or something?"
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He'd come to see us till de War started, den his folks jus' kinda went to Texas.
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Word Origin and History for kinda

kinda

1890, representing a casual pronunciation of kind of.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper