kinda

/ˈkaɪndə/
adverbinterjectionnoun

Kind of; somewhat.

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Adverb 1 meaning

  1. Kind of; somewhat.

    “I kinda hafta do this right now.”

Interjection 1 meaning

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

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

Noun 1 meaning

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

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Etymology

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

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KINDA at a glance

KINDA has 5 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (K 5 + I 1 + N 1 + D 2 + A 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,486 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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