kind of
kind of adverb: slightly; somewhat; sort of.
Adverb
kind of (not comparable)
kind of meaning in Malayalam and Tagalog
kind of in Malayalam
- quite, rather, fairly
- ഏറെക്കുറെ, ഏതാണ്ട്, അല്പസ്വല്പം, അസാരം, ഇച്ചിര, ഇച്ചിരി
kind of in Tagalog
- somewhat
- parang
Synonyms of kind of
Forms of kind of
| alternative form | kinda |
|---|---|
| alternative form | kind-of |
Origin of kind of
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).
Questions about kind of
- What does kind of mean?
- Kind of means slightly; somewhat; sort of.
- What is kind of in Malayalam?
- Kind of in Malayalam is ഏറെക്കുറെ, ഏതാണ്ട്, അല്പസ്വല്പം. See Kind of meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is kind of?
- Kind of is an adverb.
Words near kind of in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kind of (page history and authors); kind of (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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