some kind of

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English

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Determiner

some kind of

  1. a mediocre; a bare minimum; (denoting that something only barely fits a certain category, or is very mediocre in it)
  2. A remarkable.
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  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see some,‎ kind,‎ of.

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Adverb

some kind of (not comparable)

  1. Used as an intensifier of adjectives: remarkably
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    • 2003, Cathy Day, “The Last Member of the Boela Tribe”, in The Antioch Review, volume 61, number 4, page 598:
      Those women must have been some kind of ugly.
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