Kind of

adv, slang

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Slightly; somewhat; sort of. colloquial, idiomatic, not-comparable

    "I'm getting kind of tired. Could we finish tomorrow?"

Adverb
  1. 1
    to some (great or small) extent wordnet

Etymology

From a reanalysis of kind of in a phrase such as a kind of merry dance from “a kind + of + merry dance” (a type among merry dances) to “a + kind-of merry + dance” (a somewhat merry dance).

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