having some but not all of the characteristics of something.
Officials portrayed the meetings as progress of a sort, although the bargaining has not yet begun.
Usage notes: used after a noun being described, as in the example
of a sort
Having inferior, mediocre, or incomplete characteristics of something. He writes poetry of a sort, but it's nothing that will set the world ablaze.The office has a gym of a sort, but it's in such disrepair that no one really uses it.
of a ˈkind/ˈsort
(disapproving) (used after a noun) of poor quality; not what somebody/something should be: He is a poet of a kind.They gave us meat of a sort; we could hardly eat it.