sort of meaning

Definition of sort of in English Dictionary

• Adverb
  1. IDI COL  Approximately; in a way; partially; not quite; somewhat.
     1. Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
• More Examples
  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • “He’s an American who overidealizes Paris as a sort of idyllic political and cultural mecca,” Mr. Goldberg said by phone.
     • But I own I like a quiet unobtrusive bristler — the sort of man who doesn't want to take you beyond ten times ten in the multiplication table.
     • 964) What with Fisher whole-hogging on one side, and K. of K. sphinxing on the other, Churchill had his work cut out to get any sort of agreement at all.

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Adverbs
     • Uncomparable adverbs

Other Vocabulary

1. en sort-of
2. en out of
3. en short o
4. en sort out
5. en short oo