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of sorts en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Resembling; similar to; in a way; partially or not entirely.
    • He wrote a polite retraction, as an apology of sorts for his harsh words.
    • The Mountain versus the Hound played out entertainingly, with the elder Clegane still outmatching his younger brother pound for pound and blow for blow. Being turned into a walking zombie of sorts didn’t just amplify his strength; it essentially obviated the need to parry blows, as even Sandor sinking his sword deep into his undead brother didn’t seem to slow him down in the slightest. 2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 15 May 2019:

Relateds

sort of · out of sorts

Translations (15)

fr en quelque sorte (Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat) · es especie de (Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat) · pl typu (Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat) · pl rodzaju (Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat) · es se puede decir que (Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat) · fi eräänlainen (Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat) · nb liksom (Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat) · nb på en måte (Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat) · ru мо́жно сказа́ть (Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat) · ru в како́м-то смы́сле (Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat) · ru так сказа́ть (Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat) · es se podría decir que (Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat) · es tipo de (Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat) · ru е́сли мо́жно так вы́разиться (Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat) · pt como se fosse (Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat)