Sorta vs Sorte - What's the difference?

sorta | sorte |

As an adverb sorta

is sort of; somewhat; not quite.

As a contraction sorta

is sort of.

As a noun sorte is

obsolete form of lang=en.

sorta

English

Adverb

(-)

(informal) Sort of; somewhat; not quite.

The portraits on the wall aren't so useful, just sorta cool to have around

* 1912 , Caspar Whitney, Albert Britt, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction , Volume 60, page 680,

'Webb,' he says sorta sorrowful like, 'it looks like a howlin' shame to have a bang-up American girl hooked up to a money-grubbin' member of the British nobility. '

* 1993 July, Sort of a Hero'', in '' , page 34,

In fact the whole thing sorta backfired on old Chuck — and on me and Pete too. Instead of laughing about it, most people thought it was pretty crummy.

Synonyms

* kinda

Contraction

(colloquial) sort of.

There's gotta be some sorta explanation.

* 2001 , Lawrence A. Wenzel, The Sandcastle at High Tide , page 97,

He glanced at her then back at me. "What sorta research?"

"Well, war correspondent might not be too far off," I said.

Anagrams

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sorte

English

Noun

(en noun)

* 1533, R. Saltwood:

As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.

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