of sorts

English

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Prepositional phrase

of sorts

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.

   • 2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat

• Finnish: eräänlainen (fi)
• French: en quelque sorte (fr)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: på en måte, liksom (no)

• Polish: rodzaju, typu
• Portuguese: como se fosse
• Russian: мо́жно сказа́ть (ru) (móžno skazátʹ), в како́м-то смы́сле (v kakóm-to smýsle), е́сли мо́жно так вы́разиться (jésli móžno tak výrazitʹsja), так сказа́ть (ru) (tak skazátʹ)

See also

• sort of
• out of sorts