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Determiner
some kind of
- a mediocre; a bare minimum; (denoting that something only barely fits a certain category, or is very mediocre in it)
- A remarkable.
1998, Anne Rivers Siddons, Low Country, New York: Harper Collins:I'm not going to pry into your life, but I wish you'd tell me how you got to the South Carolina Lowcountry. That trip must be some kind of story.
2005, Suzanne Brockmann, Patrick G. Lawlor (Patrick Girard), Melanie Ewbank, Into the storm, 1st edition, Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio:Lindsey glanced at Tom, who smiled, apparently in no hurry to talk about that training op. Red Cell. That was going to be some kind of fun.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see some, kind, of.
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Adverb
some kind of (not comparable)
- Used as an intensifier of adjectives: remarkably
2003, Sandra Hill, Tall, dark, and Cajun, New York City: Warner Books:"Why is he grounded?" / "Went to a underwear option party up in Natchitoches. That boy, he is some kind of wild."
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.
2012, Blaize Clement, The cat sitter's pajamas, 1st edition, New York: Minotaur Books:Those women that stalk us have to be some kind of sick.
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