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

“We sorta exposed this place,” he told me.

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We, ahh, lost some people this week and, uhh, we sorta need to play catch up.”

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“It took trial, error and more than a few taste tests to land on that hard to describe, but instantly familiar sorta sweet, sorta corny milk flavor at the bottom of your cereal bowl,” per Milk Bar’s official recipe for its Cereal Milk.

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Jar Jar was, of course, the duck-billed breakout star, sorta, of 1999’s “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace.”

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I could kinda sorta imagine myself going out for dinner occasionally, or strolling somewhere for some reason dressed like someone who had integrated their identity with their clothes, but I still couldn’t imagine “investing” in said clothes.

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