a little vs kinda

a little

adv
  • Slightly. 

  • A lot. 

  • Very. 

  • A lot of. 

  • To a small extent or degree. 

det
  • A small amount of. 

kinda

adv
  • kind of; somewhat 

intj
  • Yes in some respects but no in other respects. 

noun
  • A subspecies of baboon, Papio cynocephalus kindae, primarily found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly western Tanzania. 

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