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# kinda

«kinda» in Mova's school dictionary: **how «kind of» sounds in quick speech; it means «a bit»…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb and phrase (kinda — informal spelling of «kind of»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (slang, informal) Kinda is how «kind of» sounds in quick speech; it means «a bit», «somewhat» or «sort of». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinda/#m1)

2) (informal) «Kinda» can mean «a type of»: «What kinda game is it?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinda/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In real speech and chat, especially in North America, «kinda» softens what you say: «I'm kinda tired.» It shows casual, relaxed talk. In stories and comics it makes characters sound informal. In written schoolwork write «kind of», «rather» or «quite» instead.

### examples

- (informal) I'm kinda hungry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinda/#x1)
- (informal) That film was kinda scary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinda/#x2)
- (informal) It's kinda cold out today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinda/#x3)
- (informal) What kinda dog is that? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinda/#x4)
- (informal) I kinda like her new haircut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinda/#x5)
- (informal) The maths test was kinda easy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinda/#x6)

### note

An informal spelling of «kind of», like «gonna» and «wanna»; not used in formal writing. The UK also says «sort of». In maths word problems «kinda» does not change any numbers; «kinda close to 10» means roughly 10.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «kinda» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinda/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.