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Definition of Sort of
1. Adverb. To some (great or small) extent. "He is kind of shy"
Definition of Sort of
1. Adverb. (idiomatic colloquial) Approximately; in a way; partially; not quite; somewhat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sort Of
Literary usage of Sort of
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"Then said Mr Sagacity (for that was his name), It is the city of Destruction, a
populous place, but possessed with a very ill-conditioned and idle sort of ..."
2. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"Time would undoubtedly abate somewhat of his sufferings, but still it was a sort
of thing which he never could get entirely the better of; ..."
3. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1914)
"and sold, and such governments, form a sort of intermediate class, and are found
quite as often among the barbarians as among the Greeks. ..."
4. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen, Reginald Brimley Johnson (1892)
"Fanny never dines there, you know, in this sort of way. I cannot spare her, and
I am sure she does not want to go. Fanny, you do not want to go, do you ? ..."
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