From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha kind of (a) somethinga kind of (a) somethingspokenEXACT used to say that your description of something is not exact a kind of reddish-brown color → kind
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a kind of (a) something• In doing so, it acts as a kind of analysis of this conflict.• Yet the reading appeared to bring Emilia a kind of doleful peace.• A polymer forms over the marks and shows them up in a kind of 3-D relief.• There was just a kind of suspicious boredom.• In spite of its superb production values, Granta remains a kind of up-market Reader's Digest.• And the home office is full of good intentions that lead to a kind of business hell.• And yet, that lifetime was a kind of scale model for what followed.• There was a kind of peace about it. 