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[ adverb ] to some (great or small) extent

Synonyms

rather sort_of kinda

Examples

"it was rather cold" "the party was rather nice" "the knife is rather dull" "I rather regret that I cannot attend" "He's rather good at playing the cello" "he is kind of shy"

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

`` It 's kind_of like golf - if you do n't swing a club very often , your timing gets off '' .

(Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)

I do n't know what makes you think you can get_away with this kind_of business , and I do n't care about that , either .

(John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)

The policeman got a confused , funny look on his face , and he had answered kind_of politely , `` Now , look_here , lady : I know you got to entertain these kids and all .

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

There 's some kind_of a nemesis haunting his footsteps '' .

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