Sorta

Origin

Written form of a reduction of sort + of

Full definition of sorta

Adverb

1. (informal) Sort of; somewhat; not quite.The portraits on the wall aren't so useful, just sorta cool to have around
• 1912, Caspar Whitney, Albert Britt, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction, Volume 60, page 680,'Webb,' he says sorta sorrowful like, 'it looks like a howlin' shame to have a bang-up American girl hooked up to a money-grubbin' member of the British nobility. ...'
• 1993 July, Sort of a Hero, in Boys' Life, page 34,In fact the whole thing sorta backfired on old Chuck — and on me and Pete too. Instead of laughing about it, most people thought it was pretty crummy.

Synonyms

• kinda

Contraction

1. (colloquial) sort of.There's gotta be some sorta explanation.
• 2001, Lawrence A. Wenzel, The Sandcastle at High Tide, page 97,He glanced at her then back at me. "What sorta research?""Well, war correspondent might not be too far off," I said.

Anagrams

• Astro, ratos, roast, rotas, taros