Can "kinda" and "a little" be used together in this sentence?
"You can kinda be a little judgmental sometimes. "

I heard this sentence from movie. Let me analyze it.
"Kinda" is short for kind of. It means rather; to some extend. It modifies the phrase "can be".
"A little" means to a small extent. It modifies the word "judgmental"

Since "kinda" and "a little" don't modify the same part of this sentence, they can be used together to make complete sense here?

Tell me if I am correct. Thanks.

Question

Can "kinda" and "a little" be used together in this sentence?
"You can kinda be a little judgmental sometimes. "

I heard this sentence from movie. Let me analyze it. 
"Kinda" is short for kind of. It means rather; to some extend. It modifies the phrase "can be". 
"A little" means to a small extent. It modifies the word "judgmental"

Since "kinda" and "a little" don't modify the same part of this sentence, they can be used together to make complete sense here?

Tell me if I am correct. Thanks.

Answer

You are correct🙂.
You can be kinda little judgmental sometimes sounds much better.

Answer

The short answer.. yes it works.

You can just say "You can be a little judgmental sometimes." or "You can kinda be judgmental sometimes".

I assume since you have written that this sentence is in speech (the person is talking) maybe the person that said this can't make up their mind when he/she said this. So as the person is speaking he/she ends up saying "You can kinda be a little" as if he/she is not sure whether they are truly or judgmental or just a little.

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