# kinda

Pronunciation: say "KYN-duh" /ˈkaɪndə/

## Adverb

1. To some degree but not completely; somewhat. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A little, but not fully or completely.
   - _Her explanation kinda made sense, though I still had questions._
   - _The whole situation felt kinda strange to everyone in the room._

## Contraction

2. Contraction of kind of. *(colloquial)* — Contraction of kind of.
   - Simple: Contraction of kind of. Use it in casual speech and texting, not in formal writing.
   - _What kinda person leaves a shopping cart in the middle of the road?_
   - _She's not the kinda girl who backs down from a fight._

## Interjection

3. Used as a reply meaning partly yes and partly no; true in some respects but not in others. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Used to reply when something is partly true and partly not: both yes and no.
   - _"Was the trip worth it?" "Kinda. The views were stunning, but the hotel was awful."_
   - _"Do you agree with the new policy?" "Kinda, though I think it goes too far in places."_

## Other meanings

- (noun) A small, light-built African baboon, Papio kindae, once classed as a subspecies of the yellow baboon, living mainly in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia, and perhaps western Tanzania.

## Origin

A written form representing the shortened or casual pronunciation of "kind of."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/kinda (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).