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'Meant sort of' is an informal phrase and should generally not be used in formal writing. It can be used in casual conversation or informal writing to indicate that something is slightly or partially true or intended, or that an idea is not fully expressed. For example: "It's meant sort of as a joke, but I think there's some truth to it."
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So in 1955 collecting chemical structures meant sort of ink drawings on 3 × 5 cards; that's the beginnings of our compound collection.
I understood what he meant, sort of.
And that meant sort of a respite in the campaign.
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I mean, sort of.
What do you mean, sort of?
Does it mean "sort of but not really"?
I know what you mean, sort of trying to say there's more to me than a grotty red fleece on TV".
Most of the reverence toward extra-terrestrial culture is displayed by K, an ends-justify-the-means sort of agent.
If you don't know what I mean, sort of like Crest's flavor series.
Thomas Carlyle thought that even the meanest sort of labour composed the soul into harmony.
Alves leapt up like he had scored the winner, which maybe he had in a he-hadn't-but-you-know-what-I-mean sort of way.
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