Approximately; in a way; partially; not quite; somewhat.
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- From a reanalysis of "sort of" in a phrase such as "a sort of merry dance" from noun and preposition from the prepositional phrase "of merry dance" to adverb modifying "merry".
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It sort of makes sense the way he explains it, but I still don't really understand.
Submitted on September 01, 2009
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