English

Alternative forms

• some kinda

Determiner

some kind of

1. Used other than as an idiom: see some,‎ kind,‎ of.
2. A remarkable.
   • 1998, Anne Rivers Siddons, Low Country:

     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:

     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.

Synonyms

• (remarkable): some type of, some sort of, some

Adverb

some kind of ‎(not comparable)

1. Used as an intensifier of adjectives: remarkably
   • 2003, Sandra Hill, Tall, dark, and Cajun:

     "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:

     Those women that stalk us have to be some kind of sick.

Synonyms

• (remarkably): some type of, some sort of