sorto

You must sorto 'overlook the freedom, but I told Marthy you'd promised to take dinner with us to-day, and it' ud never do to disappint her now.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

And I picks up me bunch o 'wild-flowers, and the light's gettin' sorto dim,

Rhymes of a Red Cross Man 1916

It's sorto 'like seeing a pony walking on its hind legs; it's clever even if it's not natural.

The Next of Kin Those who Wait and Wonder Nellie L. McClung 1912

Then he sorto 'turned and tiptoed to'rds the kitchen door -- and next,

All About Coffee 1909

"Much of a player, is he?" says the feller, with a sorto 'doubtful smile at Wes ag'in.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Various 1887

-- And whilse he wuz a-loafin 'round, sorto' lonesome -- like a feller allus _is_ in a strange place, you know -- he kindo 'drapped in on our crowd at the Shoe-Shop, ostenchably to git a boot-strop stitched on, but _I_ knowed, the minute he set foot in the door,' at _that_ feller wanted _comp'ny_ wuss'n _cobblin'_.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Various 1887

Mighty slick-lookin 'feller he wuz; wore a stovepipe hat, sorto' set 'way back on his head -- so's to show off his Giner'l Jackson forr'ed, don't you know!

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Various 1887

Fur's that's concerned, I don't p'tend to be no checker-player _myse'f_, -- but I know'd a feller onc't 'at _could_ play, and sorto' made a business of it; and _that_ man, in my opinion, was a geenyus!

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Various 1887

It's a 'old man a-talkin', rickollect, and a-feelin 'kindo' sad, and yit kindo 'sorto' good, too, and I opine he wouldn't got that off with a face on him like a 'undertaker, and a voice as solemn as a cow-bell after dark!

The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, Volume 10 1883

"_You fellers_," he'd sorto 'twinkle his eyes and say,

Riley Songs of Home James Whitcomb Riley 1882