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sorta

  • /ˈsɔːtə/ UK
  • /ˈsɔɹtə/ US
  • [-ɾə] US

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)tə

Where it comes from

A written form of a reduction of sort of.

adverb

  1. abbreviation, contraction, informal, not comparable Contraction of sort of The portraits on the wall aren’t that good, but they’re just sorta cool to have around.

    Similar: kinda, kinda sorta, sorta kinda

contraction sortsa

  1. contraction, informal Sort of. There’s gotta be some sorta explanation.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: kinda, somewhat, slightly, somehow, ish, pretty, weird, basically, wierd, weirdly, sort, totally, vaguely, oddly, strangely, really

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MLA

"sorta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sorta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

sorta. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sorta

Chicago

"sorta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sorta.

BibTeX
@misc{sorta_2026,
  title = {sorta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sorta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}