These are word's grammars related to vague. Click on any word to go to its word's detail page. Or, go to the definition of vague.
Downtoners are words or phrases which reduce the force of another word or phrase. Downtoning is the opposite of emphasising. The most common downtoners are:
1 Downtoners: using vague language
We use vague language such as kind of…, sort of … or the suffix -ish to reduce the force of a word or phrase:
Vague language is very common, especially in speaking. We often add words and phrases such as about, kind of, sort of, and that kind of thing to make what we say less factual and direct:
