2. Noun. (colloquial) sort of. ¹
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Definition of Sorta
1. somewhat [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorta
Literary usage of Sorta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Biennial Retrospect of Medicine, Surgery, and Their Allied Sciences, for by New Sydenham Society (1873)
"... but that vessel replaced by two small branches connected with the sorta;
cyanosis (boy, œt. 17, with plate), 'Trans. Path. Soc.,' xxii, 85. ..."
2. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories by Blanche Colton Williams, Harry Hansen, Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.), Herschel Brickell (1921)
"Anyway, she sorta nodded at me and pretty soon begun to snuffle and look for her
... Still it was sorta stupid walkin' along and no conversation, ..."
3. Venice: Its Individual Growth from the Earliest Beginnings to the Fall of by Pompeo Molmenti (1908)
"... vi va di ogni sorta di condicion di persone huomini e donne, in fino sacerdoti
come il curato dell' Angelo Raphael ... si fa bottega da caffo e si gioca ..."
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