kinda
/ˈkaɪndə/
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also/ˈkaɪnə/
kinda adverb: kind of; somewhat. Also the contraction of kind.
Adverb
kinda (not comparable)
Interjection
- Yes in some respects but no in other respects.
- "Are you afraid of a little bit of rain?" "Kinda, yeah."
- Ah, I see. Meely doesn't tease you. You're best friends, is that right? / Kinda.2000, Ken Wells, Meely LaBauve, New York: Random House, →ISBN, page 212
Noun
IPA/ˈkɪndə/
kinda (plural kindas)
- 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.2006, The National Geographic Magazine, volume 212, numbers 4-6, page 18
Also used as
kinda is also the contraction of kind.
kinda meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
kinda in Hindi
- किंडा
kinda in Tamil
- கிண்டா
kinda in Bengali
- কিন্ডা
kinda in Telugu
- కిండా
More languagesFewer languages
- kinda in Malayalam
- കിൻഡാ, കിൻഡ
- kinda in Kannada
- ಕಿಂಡಾ
- kinda in Punjabi
- ਕਿੰਡਾ
- kinda in Gujarati
- કાઇન્ડા
- kinda in Odia
- କିଣ୍ଡା
- kinda in Nepali
- किन्डा, काइन्डा
Examples of kinda in a sentence
- But when I spoke about it he just smiled and shook his head, and started whistling to himself kinda soft.1912 October 12, Courtney Ryley Cooper, “Somewhere Safe to Sea”, in Collier’s, volume 50, Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, page 18:
- … He got on Forty-second Street, and he was kinda fresh from the start.1920 April 10 – August 28, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, chapter 11, in The Little Warrior [Jill the Reckless], New York, N.Y.: George...
- In those days, flour sacks was kinda purty.2006, Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent, Same Kind of Different as Me, page 13:
- The facial expression on my mask kinda looks like Han Solo in the carbonite …2010, Eric Anthony Galvez, Reversal: When a Therapist Becomes a Patient, page 37:
Synonyms of kinda
Forms of kinda
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | kinder |
| Contraction | |
| plural | kindsa |
| Noun | |
| plural | kindas |
Origin of kinda
Written form of a reduction (apocope) or pronunciation spelling of kind of.
After the town of Kinda, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Words formed from kinda
Phrases with kinda
Words that rhyme with kinda
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Questions about kinda
- What does kinda mean?
- Kinda means kind of; somewhat.
- What is kinda in Hindi?
- Kinda in Hindi is किंडा. See Kinda meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use kinda in a sentence?
- But when I spoke about it he just smiled and shook his head, and started whistling to himself kinda soft.
- What part of speech is kinda?
- Kinda can be an adverb, an interjection or a noun.
- How do you pronounce kinda?
- Kinda is pronounced /ˈkaɪndə/ (US).
Words near kinda in the dictionary
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