kind of
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› used when you are trying to explain or describe something, but you cannot be exact: It was kind of strange to see him again. → See also kindaUncertaintyHesitatingAchievable
(Definition of kind of from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be neither fish nor fowl idiom
- blurred adjective
- circumstantial adjective
- conflicted adjective
- debatable adjective
- definite maybe noun
- dodgy adjective (NOT RELIABLE)
- fuzzy adjective (NOT CLEAR)
- it's early days idiom
- joker in the pack idiom
- kinda adverb
- knife edge noun
- knife-edge adjective (UNCERTAIN)
- sputter verb (ACTIVITY)
- tenuous adjective
- there's no knowing idiom
- touch-and-go adjective
- uncertain adjective
- uncertainty noun
- unclear adjective
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