sort of

/sˈɔːt ɒv/

/sˈɔːɹt ʌv/

[phrase]

sort of

[PHRASE]

to a degree or extent that is unclear

synonyms : kind of

kinda

rather

Examples

1. I'm sort of wondering if the AMG engineers really sat in the car and worked out how much dynamic-bolstering squeezing to have in the process.

2. Harkin: For all countries, if you plot out kind of saturated fat and animal cholesterol consumption against cardiovascular disease, you sort of see a linear-based relationship whereby the more animal products you eat, the higher the rate of death.

3. It turns out it's not just red wine that has some sort of health benefit.

4. I think unfortunately the law has in many instances been used to sort of minimize or diminish the racial justice efforts that folks have put forth.