A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SORTA

Tue, 5 Aug '25
"Kinda ___"
Sun, 6 Apr '25
Cousin of kinda
Sat, 15 Mar '25
"If you squint, maybe …"
Sun, 4 Aug '24
A li'l bit
Mon, 15 Apr '24
"More or less"
Thu, 6 Jul '23
"More or less"
Sun, 18 Dec '22
"Somewhat"
Sun, 20 Nov '22
"Ish"
Mon, 10 Oct '22
"Ish"
Sun, 25 Sep '22
"More or less"
Mon, 10 Jan '22
Somewhat, informally
Sun, 11 Jul '21
In a sense, colloquially
Mon, 25 Jan '21
Rather, informally