/ˈkaɪndə/, /ˈkaɪnə/
OriginWritten form of a reduction (apocope) or pronunciation spelling of kind of.
- colloquial, not-comparableKind of; somewhat.
“I kinda hafta do this right now.”
“That’s kinda funny.”
“But when I spoke about it he just smiled and shook his head, and started whistling to himself kinda soft.”
- abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contractionContraction of kind + of.
“Carmiesha had never once busted him in a lie, and she never had no kinda drama with him and no other chick. She damn sure couldn't say that for Dre.”
“What kinda music do ya want ta play? Do ya want volume or somethin' more subtle?”
- Yes in some respects but no in other respects.
“"Are you afraid of a little bit of rain?" "Kinda, yeah."”
“Ah, I see. Meely doesn't tease you. You're best friends, is that right? / Kinda.”
- A subspecies of baboon, Papio cynocephalus kindae, primarily found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly western Tanzania.
“In the wild, when a baboon called a kinda pairs with a chacma or yellow baboon, their progeny is still a baboon — but it's a hybrid of interest to Society grantees Jane Phillips-Conroy and Clifford Jo”
Formskinder(alternative) · kindsa(plural) · kindas(plural)