"kinda" is a contraction of "kind of". It usually means "moderately" or "to some extent". You will hear "kinda" a lot in spoken English, but it's not a contraction you should usually write down. Hope that helps :)

"kinda" is an informal contraction of "kind of", which means rather or somewhat. I think of "kinda" as being slang. You would not use "kinda" in written English, unless you were quoting spoken English: The teacher said, "Thomas, you were kinda alert during today's class. What a pleasant surprise!" (it is hoped that this wasn't an English teacher using "kinda" :-) Some similar informal contractions to be aware of: "wanna" means "want to" "gonna" means "going to" BTW: be aware that the same sound made by "of" and "'ve" confuses native speakers who occasionally write silly English like this: WRONG: "I could of been a great pianist if only my parents had bought me the baby grand piano that I had wanted when I was in kindergarten." CORRECT: "I could've been a great pianist if only my parents had bought me that baby grand piano that I had wanted when I was in kindergarten."

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