Rather
Rather adverb - By choice or preference.
Sorta
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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A rather narmy short film from a Playboy video (Don't worry, this one's safe for work, sorta.) focuses on this.
Source: Squashed Flat - That said, they aren't really "evil", and in fact they're rather courteous (in a twisted sorta way) to outsiders, although they do consider us to be the strange ones.
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Devin Townsend: "Juular" is not really scary but rather more disturbing if you've never seen or heard anything else done by him, unless you're into that sorta thing...
Source: Nightmare Fuel / Music Videos
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