Kinda

//ˈkaɪndə// adv, contraction, intj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Kind of; somewhat. colloquial, not-comparable

    "I kinda hafta do this right now."

Adverb
  1. 1
    to some (great or small) extent wordnet
Contraction
  1. 1
    Contraction of kind + of. abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction

    "Carmiesha had never once busted him in a lie, and she never had no kinda drama with him and no other chick. She damn sure couldn't say that for Dre."

Intj
  1. 1
    Yes in some respects but no in other respects.

    ""Are you afraid of a little bit of rain?" "Kinda, yeah.""

Noun
  1. 1
    A subspecies of baboon, Papio cynocephalus kindae, primarily found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly western Tanzania.

    "In the wild, when a baboon called a kinda pairs with a chacma or yellow baboon, their progeny is still a baboon — but it's a hybrid of interest to Society grantees Jane Phillips-Conroy and Clifford Jolly, who are tracking gene flow in Zambia's South Luangwa National Park."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Written form of a reduction (apocope) or pronunciation spelling of kind of.

Etymology 2

Written form of a reduction (apocope) or pronunciation spelling of kind of.

Etymology 3

Written form of a reduction (apocope) or pronunciation spelling of kind of.

Etymology 4

After the town of Kinda, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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