kind of

• a bit
• a little
• a mite
• a tad
• a touch
• acceptably
• after a sort
• decently
• enough
• fairly
• half
• halfway
• incompletely
• kindly
• like
• little
• moderately
• more or less
• negligibly
• nominally
• of a sort
• of sorts
• part
• partially
• partly
• partway
• passably
• pretty
• quite
• rather
• relatively
• slightly
• something
• somewhat
• sort of
• to a degree
• to some extent
• tolerably
• vaguely

• awfully
• beastly
• considerably
• deadly
• especially
• exceeding
• exceedingly
• exceptionally
• extensively
• extremely
• frightfully
• greatly
• heavily
• highly
• hugely
• mightily
• mortally
• particularly
• significantly
• substantially
• surpassingly
• terribly
• very

• adverb
  1. Slightly; somewhat; sort of.

• This is the kind of movie I enjoy watching on a rainy day.
• She's the kind of person who always helps others without expecting anything in return.
• It was a kind of miracle that they found their way out of the forest.
• I don't know what kind of food to order for dinner tonight.
• This is the kind of book that makes you think long after you've finished reading.

a bit

• a few
• a little
• a mite
• a tad
• a touch
• a trifle
• acceptably
• after a sort
• all
• any
• averagely
• barely
• comparatively
• decently
• each
• each and every
• either
• enough
• fairly
• half
• halfway
• hardly
• in a certain degree
• in general
• incompletely
• just
• kind of
• kindly
• like
• little
• marginally
• meagerly
• minimally
• moderately
• more or less
• negligibly
• nominally
• of a sort
• of sorts
• part
• part of
• partially
• partly
• partway
• passably
• pretty
• quite
• rather
• ratherish
• reasonably
• relatively
• scantily
• scarcely
• several
• slightly
• so-so
• some
• something
• somewhat
• sort of
• to a degree
• to some degree
• to some extent
• tolerably
• vaguely
• whatever

about

• abroad
• across
• adjacent
• afloat
• after a fashion
• all but
• all over
• almost
• along
• alongside
• any which way
• anyhow
• appreciably
• approximately
• apropos
• apropos of
• around
• aroused
• as concerns
• as far as
• as for
• as good as
• as regards
• as respects
• as to
• astir
• at
• athwart
• awake
• awakened
• aware
• back
• backward
• backwards
• behind
• beside
• borderline
• by
• by and large
• chiefly
• circa
• concerning
• conscious
• counter
• counterclockwise
• dealing with
• down
• downward
• downwards
• encircling
• everyplace
• everywhere
• fair
• fairly
• far and wide
• feckly
• generally
• here and there
• hereabout
• hereabouts
• high and low
• in connection with
• in general
• in regard to
• in relation to
• in respect to
• in reverse
• in the ball park
• in the neighborhood
• in view of
• insomniac
• just about
• kind of
• largely
• like
• loosely
• mainly
• more or less
• most
• mostly
• much
• near
• nearby
• nearly
• next door to
• next to
• nigh
• nominally
• obversely
• of
• on
• over
• partially
• partly
• passim
• plus or minus
• practically
• pretty much
• pretty nearly
• rearward
• rearwards
• reawakened
• referring to
• regarding
• relative to
• respecting
• reversely
• revived
• right and left
• roughly
• round
• roused
• rousted
• say
• sleepless
• some
• somewhat
• somewhere
• somewhere about
• somewhere around
• surrounding
• through
• throughout
• touching
• touching on
• toward
• towards
• ubiquitously
• up
• virtually
• wakeful
• wakened
• well-nigh
• widdershins
• wide-awake
• with regard to
• with respect to
• withershins
• within an inch of

example

• archetype
• case
• case history
• case in point
• citation
• classic
• copy
• cross section
• evidence
• excuse
• exemplar
• exemplification
• for instance
• ideal
• illustration
• indication
• instance
• kind of thing
• lesson
• locus classicus
• manifestation
• microcosm
• object
• original
• paradigm
• paragon
• part
• pattern
• precedent
• prototype
• quotation
• representation
• representative
• sample
• sampling
• sign
• specimen
• standard
• stereotype
• symbol

fair

• Junoesque
• OK
• abluted
• about
• aboveboard
• absolute
• acceptable
• accurate
• adequate
• aesthetic
• aesthetical
• all but
• all right
• all-out
• alluring
• almost
• alright
• antiseptic
• appealing
• applicable
• appreciably
• appropriate
• apt
• argent
• arrant
• arresting
• as good as
• ash-blond
• ash-blonde
• ashen
• ashy
• assured
• attractive
• auction
• auspicious
• authentic
• average
• balanced
• balmy
• bazaar
• beamish
• beauteous
• beautiful
• benevolent
• blameless
• blanched
• blank
• bleached
• blond
• blonde
• blondish
• blooming
• bodacious
• bonnie
• bonny
• borderline
• bright
• bullish
• by and large
• calm
• candid
• categoric
• categorical
• celebration
• centennial
• chalky
• charming
• chaste
• cheering
• chiefly
• chocolate-box
• civil
• clarion
• classic
• clean
• cleanly
• cleansed
• clear
• clement
• cloudless
• colorless
• comely
• comforting
• common
• commonplace
• competent
• complete
• condign
• confident
• confirmed
• constant
• consummate
• correct
• courteous
• crashing
• creamy
• cunning
• cute
• dainty
• damn
• damned
• dead
• deadly
• decent
• decisive
• definite
• delicate
• delightful
• demonstration
• deserved
• desirable
• dishy
• disinterested
• dispassionate
• display
• dollish
• doubtless
• downright
• dreadful
• drop-dead
• dry
• due
• elegant
• enchanting
• encouraging
• endless
• engaging
• equal
• equitable
• esthetic
• esthetical
• eternal
• ethical
• ethically
• eupeptic
• even-handed
• evenhanded
• exhibit
• exhibition
• expo
• exposition
• exquisite
• extraordinary
• extravaganza
• extreme
• eye-catching
• faded
• fair-haired
• fair-skinned
• fairish
• fairly
• fascinating
• favorable
• feckly
• festival
• fetching
• fete
• fine
• fit
• fitting
• flamboyant
• flashy
• flat
• flat-out
• flawless
• flaxen
• flaxen-haired
• forthright
• foxy
• frank
• frightful
• gala
• generous
• gentle
• genuine
• germfree
• glamorous
• glamourous
• glorious
• glossy
• gold
• golden
• good
• good-looking
• goodly
• gorgeous
• habitual
• halcyon
• handsome
• heartening
• high-mindedly
• honest
• honorable
• honorably
• hopeful
• hopeless
• horrible
• hot
• huge
• hunky
• hygienic
• immaculate
• impartial
• indifferent
• intermediate
• inveterate
• irreproachable
• just
• just about
• justified
• kind of
• knockout
• largely
• law-abiding
• lawful
• legal
• legally
• legitimate
• light
• likely
• lovely
• lovesome
• luscious
• magnificent
• main
• mainly
• market
• mean
• mediocre
• medium
• meet
• merited
• middling
• mild
• milky
• minimal
• moderate
• modest
• moral
• morally
• more or less
• most
• mostly
• much
• near
• nearly
• neutral
• next to
• nice
• nigh
• nobly
• nonpartisan
• not bad
• nubile
• objective
• observance
• occasion
• ocherous
• ochreous
• offering
• okay
• on the level
• on the up and up
• open
• optimistic
• ordinary
• out-and-out
• outright
• pageant
• pale
• pale-faced
• paled
• palish
• pallid
• partially
• partly
• passable
• pasty
• peaceful
• peaked
• peaky
• pearly
• perfect
• performance
• perpetual
• personable
• photogenic
• placid
• pleasant
• plumb
• positive
• practically
• praiseworthy
• prepossessing
• presentable
• presentation
• presentment
• pretty
• pretty good
• pretty much
• prettyish
• principled
• pristine
• production
• profound
• promising
• proper
• propitious
• pulchritudinous
• pure
• purified
• radiant
• rainless
• rank
• rational
• ravishing
• real
• reasonable
• reassuring
• regular
• requisite
• respectable
• resplendent
• rhadamanthine
• right
• righteous
• rightful
• rose-colored
• roseate
• rosy
• run-of-mine
• run-of-the-mill
• run-of-the-mine
• sale
• sallow
• sallowish
• sandy
• sanitary
• satisfactory
• scrubbed
• scrupulous
• second-class
• second-rate
• seductive
• seemly
• serene
• sexy
• sheer
• shiny
• show
• showstopping
• showy
• sightly
• silvery
• simple
• sincere
• slick
• smiling
• snazzy
• snowy
• so-so
• somewhat
• somewhere
• soothing
• sparkling
• spectacle
• spic-and-span
• spick-and-span
• splashy
• splendid
• sportsmanlike
• sportsmanly
• spotless
• square
• squeaky-clean
• stainless
• stark
• statuesque
• sterile
• stone
• straight
• straight-out
• straightforward
• straw
• strawberry blond
• strawberry blonde
• strict
• striking
• stringent
• studly
• stunning
• sublime
• sufficient
• sufficing
• suitable
• sunny
• sunshiny
• superb
• superlative
• supreme
• sure
• surpassing
• taintless
• taking
• tawny
• telegenic
• temperate
• terrible
• terrific
• thorough
• thoroughgoing
• tolerable
• toothsome
• total
• tow-haired
• tow-headed
• towheaded
• tranquil
• true
• trustworthy
• unadulterated
• unalloyed
• unbiased
• unblemished
• unclouded
• uncolored
• uncompromising
• unconditional
• uncorrupted
• undarkened
• undefiled
• undying
• unexceptional
• unhesitating
• unimpeachable
• unmitigated
• unpolluted
• unprejudiced
• unqualified
• unremitting
• unrestricted
• unsoiled
• unstained
• unsullied
• untainted
• unthreatening
• up to standard
• upbeat
• upright
• usual
• utter
• veritable
• very
• virtually
• virtuous
• wan
• warranted
• washed
• well-favored
• well-nigh
• white
• whitened
• whitish
• wholesome
• within an inch of
• zingy

fairly

• a bit
• a little
• a mite
• a tad
• a touch
• about
• acceptably
• adequately
• after a sort
• all but
• almost
• appreciably
• as good as
• averagely
• borderline
• by and large
• chiefly
• clean
• cleanly
• decently
• deservedly
• enough
• equitably
• ethically
• fair
• feckly
• half
• halfway
• high-mindedly
• honestly
• honorably
• impartially
• incompletely
• just about
• kind of
• kindly
• largely
• legally
• like
• little
• mainly
• moderately
• morally
• more or less
• most
• mostly
• much
• near
• nearly
• negligibly
• next to
• nigh
• nobly
• nominally
• objectively
• of a sort
• of sorts
• part
• partially
• partly
• partway
• passably
• practically
• pretty
• pretty much
• pretty well
• properly
• quite
• rather
• ratherish
• reasonably
• relatively
• slightly
• so-so
• some
• something
• somewhat
• somewhere
• sort of
• to a degree
• tolerably
• vaguely
• virtually
• well-nigh
• within an inch of
• without favor
• without fear

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