sort of

adverb

: to a moderate degree : somewhat

Synonyms

• enough
• fairly
• kind of
• kindly [chiefly Southern]
• like
• moderately
• more or less
• pretty
• quite
• rather
• relatively
• something
• somewhat

Examples of sort of in a Sentence

you've been acting sort of funny all week

Word History

First Known Use

1790, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

sort of

adverb

ˌsȯrt-ə(v),

-ər

: to a moderate degree : somewhat

acted sort of wild