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Added 9 October 2026

kinda

/ˈkaɪndə/ adverb

adverb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about kinda at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Kind of; somewhat.
I kinda hafta do this right now.

contraction

Contraction of kind +‎ of.

interjection

Yes in some respects but no in other respects.
"Are you afraid of a little bit of rain?" "Kinda, yeah."

noun

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

Origin

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

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