1
general::
Phrase(s): sort of something [and] kind of something
almost something; somewhat; somehow. • Isn’t it sort of cold out? • That was kind of a stupid thing to do, wasn’t it?, Phrase(s): Sort of. [and] Kind of.
Yes, but only to a small degree. • Bob: Do you like what you’re doing in school? Alice: Kind of. • Henry: What do you think about all these new laws? Do they worry you? John: Sort of.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs