sort of English

Meaning sort of meaning

What does sort of mean?

Definitions in simple English

sort of Expression

— Just a little bit. I'm sort of tired, but I can keep working.

— Mostly true, but not completely true. What was said is not exact. It's sort of like playing football with a stick. She's become sort of a mom for them. They wore the same clothes, like a sort of uniform. "Is that right?" "Sort of."

sort of

— adverb (= rather, kind of) 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 sort of synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as sort of?

sort of English » English

kind of

type of

sort

somewhat

so

rather

quasi

kinda

kind

almost

unwholly

to some extent

to an extent

that

such

so to speak

similar to

resembling

quite

pretty

maybe

jolly

incompletely

in part

in a way

as it were

although

-like

Topics sort of topics

What do people use sort of to talk about?

States Quantity All Exact

Approximate

• What words describe something that is not exact?
  inexact inaccurate sort of kind of

Grammar Very

Partly

• What words indicate that something is done partly?
  partly partially to some extent to a certain extent to a degree to some degree up to a point in part sort of

Grammar Very

Attribution of an attribute

• What words modify an attribute?
  fairly sort of quite

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Possible

• What words indicate that something is possible?
  possible possibly could might may able maybe perhaps sort of I guess so

Examples sort of examples

How do I use sort of in a sentence?

Simple sentences

It may be that the happiness awaiting us is not at all the sort of happiness we would want.

Movie subtitles

Someone I sort of know.