sorta

1. (informal) Contraction of sort of.Examples: "The portraits on the wall aren’t that good, but they’re just sorta cool to have around."; "'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. It don't in no way fit in with my ideas of the speerut of American independence!'"; "When Tommy's folks heard about it they were angry with him, and with Chuck for using him to play such a mean trick on Vern. 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, kinda sorta, sorta kindaabbreviationalt-ofcontractioninformalnot-comparable