Synonyms for sort of
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1. sort ofadverb

   Synonyms:
   sorta, kind of

2. sort ofadverb

   Approximately; in a way; partially; not quite; somewhat.

   It sort of makes sense the way he explains it, but I still don't really understand.

   Synonyms:
   kind of, sorta

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1. rather, kind of, kinda, sort ofadverb

   to some (great or small) extent

   "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy"

   Synonyms:
   sooner, kinda, instead, quite, preferably, kind of, rather

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1. kinda

   kind of; yes, but not really

   “i kinda knew what he was saying, but not really.”

   Submitted by ellamassingham on January 30, 2023  

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1. Kate Broderick:

   In some patients, it looks like people who had the disease but now recovered have kind ofthese sort of low antibodies levels, but we dont know if thats a consistent result across everybody thats contracted the virus so far, so, we need to learn more about how the virus affects people and how people are affected by that infection before we can see too much about how that impacts vaccine design.

2. Mary Figueras:

   In the third debate, I think he kind of got lost, and while I don't need that additional sort of aggressiveness, it seemed like he got a lot more attention and I didn't seem to be negative attention.

3. Thomas Wadden:

   Healthcare practitioners are still a little wary of weight-loss medications because of this sort of checkered past.

4. Anthony Bourdain:

   I sort of feel in a heartfelt way for Guy [Fieri]. I wonder about him. He’s 52 years-old and still rolling around in the flame outfit . . . What does he do? How does Guy Fieri de-douche?

5. Franco Bario:

   It's really unfair because anytime you look back at an old show, you can do that and you can sort of make fun of the things that didn't age well. But that felt like a comedy opportunity for me and sort of the reason to do it. i think what is great about the new show is it is its own show, so there weren't those sweaty moments of like,' How are we recreating the original' Saved by the Bell ?' Cause we weren't.